ST. LOUIS (MO)
Fox 2
[with video]
November 22, 2013, by Betsey Bruce
(KTVI)– A Pike County judge has thrown out a charge of child endangerment against a Catholic priest who worked at the New Cathedral.
Father Joseph Jiang had been charged with molesting an underage girl in Lincoln County and with attempting to tamper with a witness.
The prosecutor dropped the tampering charge after the judge said there was no evidence the priest and the girl were ever alone together.
The girl and her parents are suing the archdiocese.
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