COLORADO
The Gazette
July 19, 2012
BENZEL
THE GAZETTE
Former priest Charles Robert Manning, 77, waived a pre-trial hearing Thursday on child sex counts and will consider plea bargain, an attorney said.
Manning, formerly of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church, 8755 Scarborough Drive,
in Colorado Springs, was suspended in January amid claims he sexually abused a 15-year-old boy.
Manning’s attorney, Richard Bednarski, said in court that Manning is mulling a guilty plea. His return date is 9 a.m. Aug. 23.
Prosecutor David Kalicki said he was unable to discuss terms of plea offer. Bednarski declined to comment after the hearing.
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