FLINT (MI)
NBC 25 News
September 4, 2018
Saginaw, Mich. – A Saginaw Township priest has pleaded no contest to sexual abuse allegations.
Father Robert Deland Jr. took the plea deal Tuesday for a total of six felonies and a misdemeanor.
Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson indicated he would likely sentence Deland to a year in jail without possibility of release on tether as well as a five-year probation term, according to the Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney’s office.
Deland will also be required to register as a sex offender when he is released.
“We are satisfied that Mr. Deland has been held accountable for all of his misconduct in all of the cases that we filed,” said Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Mark Gaertner.
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