MINNESOTA
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Summary of Case: Wehmeyer was arrested in June 2012 on charges of criminal sexual conduct after a woman reported to police that the priest molested her 12 year-old son in the summer of 2010. Wehmeyer was removed from his St. Paul, MN parish June 21, 2012. Investigators learned that the boy’s 14 year-old brother was present during the abuse, and that he, too, was targeted. The incidents occurred in the priest’s camper in the church parking lot and on an overnight camping trip. The boys said Wehmeyer gave them alcohol and marijuana and showed them pornography. Police found child pornography on Wehmeyer’s laptop computer, which resulted in further charges. Wehmeyer pleaded guilty on all counts. He had been arrested previously, in 2009, on charges of Driving While Intoxicated. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 2 years of supervised probation. Sentencing for the criminal sexual conduct and possession of child pornography was scheduled for Feb. 2013.
Ordained: 2001
Incardinated: St. Paul-Minneapolis
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