MISSOURI
ABC 17
A priest already convicted of sex crimes and accused of molesting Mid-Missouri children is at the center of another investigation.
Boone County prosecutors confirmed today there is an ongoing investigation into allegations Fr. Gerald Howard sexually abused a boy in Columbia in the 1980s. Howard is currently in jail in Cooper County on similar charges.
Authorities say the abuse happened while Howard was serving as a priest in Boonville in the 1980s, after a conviction on sex crimes against a child.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, also known as SNAP, says after leaving Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Boonville, Howard worked as a counselor in Columbia and then Fulton. The Callaway County Prosecutor says he has been made aware of the potential for victims there.
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