ST. LOUIS (MO)
KMOV

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Posted on April 17, 2014

(KMOV.com) – Police said they will seek charges Friday against a local priest who was previously accused of sexual misconduct.

News 4 has learned Father Joseph Jiang was arrested Thursday night. Police said they will push to have Jiang charged with five counts of having sex with a minor. Jiang was an associate priest at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis.

Jiang was previously charged with sexually abusing a minor, and witness tampering after he was accused of molesting a teenage girl in Old Monroe, Mo. in 2013. Authorities alleged he tried to pay the victim’s family $20,000 in hush money. Those charges were dropped in November.