MICHIGAN
WWMT
LANSING, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has announced charges against a former priest accused of sexually abusing boys.
74-year-old James Francis Rapp served as a priest, teacher, maintenance supervisor and wrestling coach at Jackson Lumen Christi High School in Jackson from Sept. 1980-February 1986. The charges follow an extensive investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Dept.
Rapp is currently in prison in Oklahoma.
“People who abuse their authority by preying on children must be brought to justice, no matter when the crime was committed,” said Schuette. “Our aggressive, victim-centered approach has brought us one step closer to securing justice for these brave men who stepped forward to tell of the abuse they endured many years ago.”
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