Retired priest under investigation for child pornography, Archdiocese of St. Louis says

ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

August 27, 2018

By Erin Heffernan

A retired Roman Catholic priest with the Archdiocese of St. Louis is being investigated in connection to child pornography, the diocese announced Monday.

Church officials were informed Friday that a retired priest had been discovered viewing what appeared to be child pornography and they immediately contacted police and the Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline, the archdiocese announced in a statement.

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