Blast from the Past: ‘Porno priest’ John Bauer dies in California prison

MONTANA
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Whitney Bermes, Chronicle Staff Writer
Posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2012

This headline jumped out at me when I was flipping through the archives today. Quite an interesting story. Enjoy.

“‘Porno priest’ John Bauer dies in California prison” – By Joan Haines, Oct. 29, 1992

John Bauer, the former Catholic priest who opened Bozeman’s only adult book store and became known as the “porno priest,” died Monday night in a medium-security federal prison i San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Bauer, 55, a Bozeman native, was serving an eight-year term in the California Men’s Colony after pleading guilty in 1990 to three counts of producing and distributing child pornography.

Prison authorities told Pete Ramsey of Santa Barbara, a friend of Bauer’s Monday evening that he died of a massive heart attack. Ramsey said Bauer had been ill, suffering from high blood pressure. Chief Deputy Coroner Don Hines said today Bauer died of coronary artery disease.

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