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St. Louis priest sentenced to probation
He “contributed to delinquency” of boy
Case has “unusual aspects,” SNAP says
Cleric spent more than a decade in MO
But in odd move, he was sent to Colorado
Priest followed a St. Louis bishop who was also sent there
A St. Louis priest with close ties to a former St. Louis bishop was sentenced on Wednesday to four years of probation for “contributing to the delinquency of a minor.” He had been accused of molesting a Colorado boy, giving him liquor and marijuana, kissing the boy on the lips, taking the boy to get his nipples pierced, and engaging in other sexual acts.
[Gazette]
Fr. Robert Charles Manning, a St. Louis native, worked in the St. Louis archdiocese for a decade (1997-2007) before following Bishop Michael Sheridan to the Colorado Springs diocese in 2007.
In July, Fr. Manning was acquitted of sexually assaulting the boy, but convicted on other charges before Judge Robin Chittum.
“Fr. Manning spent most of his clerical career in St. Louis, so it’s unlikely he only started acting inappropriately around kids once he was transferred to Colorado,” said Barbara Dorris of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Fr. Manning “has been living in St. Louis at the Regina Cleri Home for retired priests.”
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