CINCINNATI (OH)
WLWT & AP
December 6, 2018
By John London
A priest from Cincinnati is under arrest in the Philippines, accused of molesting minors.
Authorities are trying to determine if he might have sexually abused anyone in his home area.
The Rev. Kenneth Bernard Hendricks, 77, was taken into custody two days ago and charged with abusingat least five and maybe as many as 10 boys, ranging in age from 7 to the teens.
According to U.S. Attorney Ben Glassman, Hendricks met the boys through his Catholic missionary work.
“He befriended them,” explained Glassman, who described the behavior as horrifying. “He would invite them to his residence, often to take a bath or a shower. That interaction would then proceed to kissing, and then he would fondle their genitals, masturbate them or masturbate with them and ultimately have oral and anal sex with the victims.”
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