ALASKA
Juneau Enterprise
By Dan Joling
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANCHORAGE — The Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage said Tuesday it will take steps to defrock a longtime priest suspected of inappropriate behavior with women.
Father J. Michael Hornick resigned in 2009 as pastor of St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church after allegations were made by three adult women that he had engaged in inappropriate — not criminal — behavior.
After the claims were made public, two more adult women came forward and said they had inappropriate contact with Hornick decades before when they were minors, said Father Thomas Brundage, a spokesman for the archdiocese.
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