MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
Forum News Service
POSTED: 05/06/2015
HIBBING, Minn. — A Hibbing priest has been arrested on suspicions of having sex with a minor.
The Rev. Brian Lederer, 29, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth, was arrested in Hibbing on Tuesday as a result of allegations of sexual misconduct, according to a news release from the diocese office.
Lederer was in the St. Louis County Jail in Duluth on Wednesday on preliminary charges of second-degree felony criminal sexual conduct with a person between ages 13 and 15 by a person of authority.
Hibbing police said they could not comment on the case because it remains an active investigation and that a criminal complaint is expected to be filed in court Thursday or Friday.
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