SAGINAW (MI)
MLive
September 5, 2018
By Cole Waterman
In an eleventh-hour hearing, Roman Catholic priest the Rev. Robert J. “Father Bob” DeLand Jr. pleaded no contest to multiple charges that see him convicted of sexually assaulting several young males.
DeLand, 71, in the late afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 4, appeared before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson and pleaded no contest to all seven charges he faced — two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving injury and single counts of attempted second-degree criminal sexual conduct, assault with intent to commit second-degree criminal sexual conduct, gross indecency between males, selling alcohol to a minor and distributing an imitation controlled substance.
The charges are divided among five files and involve three victims. The most serious crime is second-degree criminal sexual conduct, being a 15-year felony. The charge does not involve penetration and is limited to touching.
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