WAYNESVILLE (NC)
FOX Carolina
May 7, 2018
By Amanda Shaw
Authorities confirmed on Monday that a former western North Carolina priest has been arrested on child sex crimes.
Howard Willard White was taken into custody on Thursday and is charged with first-degree forcible sex offense, two counts of indecent liberties with a child, first-degree rape, second-degree forcible rape and second-degree rape.
According to indictment documents, the 76-year-old suspect is accused of sexually assaulting multiple children in 1985.
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