ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Review
SUBMITTED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2013
The Pike County Circuit Court has dismissed criminal charges against Father Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang, a former associate pastor at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Parish.
Father Jiang was charged June 28, 2012, in Lincoln County with a felony count of endangering the welfare of a child, a first-degree offense involving sexual conduct. He also was charged with witness tampering.
The Archdiocese of St. Louis had placed Father Jiang on administrative leave following a report involving alleged inappropriate contact with a high school-aged minor. The Archdiocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection notified the Missouri Division of Family Services immediately upon learning of the allegations.
According to a statement at that time from Msgr. Richard Hanneke, the archdiocese’s vicar for priests, the archdiocese was fully cooperating with the investigation.
None of the conduct was alleged to have occurred at the cathedral or on any archdiocesan property, Msgr. Hanneke noted in the statement.
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