INDIANAPOLIS (IN)
Indianapolis Star
August 23, 2018
By Holly V. Hays
The first married priest in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will spend a year under GPS monitoring following his conviction in a 2017 domestic battery case involving his wife.
Luke Reese, who in June was found guilty of criminal confinement, domestic battery and battery resulting in bodily injury, received a three-year sentence on Aug. 17, court records indicate.
Two years of his sentence are suspended, leaving him to serve a year of home detention with GPS monitoring followed by a year of probation. As part of his sentence, he also will undergo a mental health evaluation and counseling.
A message left with one of Reese’s attorneys was not immediately returned Thursday afternoon.
Reese was charged in October 2017 following a September altercation with his wife in which he was alleged to have locked her in the car and repeatedly hit her after finding his wife in a car with another man, according to court documents.
At one point, Reese is alleged to have taken her to Holy Rosary Church, where he served, and continued to strike her inside the church.
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