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Trial set for predator priest
He was convicted before in 1980s
Now, he’s accused of molesting again
Cleric was in three mid-Missouri counties
After leaving his Catholic post, he was a counselor

A June 26 trial date has been set for a criminal child sex abuse case against a former Catholic priest who lived and worked in Cooper, Boone and Callaway counties.

The accused is Gerald (“Jerry”) Howard who worked at a Boonville Catholic church. In the 1980s, he was a priest in New Jersey and was convicted of molesting a boy in the Jersey City area.

His Catholic supervisors then let him change his name – from Carmine Sita to Jerry Howard – and sent him to the Jefferson City…