IOWA
World-Herald
By Mike Bell / World-Herald News Service
COUNCIL BLUFFS — Friends and colleagues of the Rev. Paul Monahan came to his defense Wednesday during a trial stemming from allegations that he looked at several teens’ genitalia while using the restroom during a track meet in Treynor, Iowa.
Monahan, 83, is a retired Council Bluffs priest and former principal at St. Albert Catholic School. He faces five counts of invasion of privacy.
District Associate Judge Gary Anderson of Pottawattamie County will decide if Monahan is guilty.
The defense brought forth several character witnesses, including Monahan’s friends, co-workers, alumni from St. Albert and others.
Each said he trusted Monahan, considered him an upstanding man of God and didn’t have issues with him, including around children.
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