LANSING (MI)
Lansing State Journal

October 11, 2018

By Kara Berg and Ken Palmer

The Diocese identified the priest as the Rev. Robert Gerl. A spokesman said Gerl was on “senior priest status” and has not had an assignment for years.

A senior priest in the Diocese of Lansing has had his priestly permissions revoked due to a “credible allegation” of sexual assault by an adult male from decades ago, according to the Diocese of Lansing.

The Diocese identified the priest as the Rev. Robert Gerl. A spokesman said Gerl was on “senior priest status” and has not had an assignment for years.

As of 2014, the 10-county diocese of Lansing had about 196,000 parishioners.

With his permissions revoked, Gerl is no longer able to publicly minister as a priest.

The Diocese of Lansing said last month that it would release the names of priests and…