CHEYENNE (WY)
Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange
August 22, 2018
By Katie Kull
The Cheyenne Police Department is asking for help in the investigation of a local church official accused of sexually abusing at least one boy when he worked there from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Cheyenne Police Department spokesman Officer Kevin Malatesta said detectives are hoping to talk to anyone who has information about the alleged abuse.
“Everybody’s testimony adds to the case, and so if we have other credible witnesses or victims to these crimes, that assists us in the prosecution of this,” Malatesta said.
The news release doesn’t specifically name the person the department is investigating, but it points to a recent announcement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne that it found new evidence that Bishop-Emeritus Joseph Hart had abused at least two young boys when he worked there from 1976-2001.
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