ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 13, 2017
By Blythe Bernhard
A retired priest from St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Sullivan has been accused of sexually abusing a child in the late 1970s, the Archdiocese of St. Louis reported Monday.
Rev. Dennis B. Zacheis denies the allegations, according to the report.
Zacheis was assigned to St. Anthony’s in 2005 and served at St. Alban Roe in Wildwood for the previous 17 months before resigning. The report does not note where Zacheis worked in the 1970s.
Zacheis retired in 2010 over alleged financial indiscretions while serving as pastor at St. Anthony’s. The Archidocese refunded $60,000 to the church for a budget shortfall. Zacheis spent church money on expenses related to his vacation home at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to an audit. Zacheis’ lawyer at the time said the priest denied any wrongdoing.
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