ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Tim Townsend ttownsend@post-dispatch.com 314-340-82210
The St. Louis Archdiocese has said it permanently removed a priest from ministry last week.
In an statement on the archdiocese’s website dated May 1, St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson said an independent advisory board had determined a recent allegation against the Rev. LeRoy Valentine, 71, was credible.
Carlson said the alleged incident occurred “in the 1970s.”
Three brothers who said they’d been molested by Valentine in 1982, sued the priest in the 1990s eventually settling with the archdiocese for $20,000 each.
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