MICHIGAN
WLNS

By Kevin Vanderkolk
Published: January 12, 2015

(WLNS) – After more than 30 years, Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced his Criminal Division has charged James Francis Rapp, 74, currently in prison in another state, with multiple felonies for his alleged sexual assault of several Michigan boys in the 1980s.

Schuette filed three felony counts of First Degree Criminal Sexual conduct and 10 felony counts of Second Degree Criminal Sexual conduct. If Rapp is convicted of the first degree counts, he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life in Michigan.

In spring of 2013, more than 30 years after the alleged crimes occurred, two of Rapp’s victims reported the alleged sexual abuse to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, who then launched an extensive investigation revealing several more victims.

Rapp served as a priest, teacher, maintenance supervisor, and wrestling coach at Jackson…