Overland Park priest announces allegations made against him. He says they are false

KANSAS CITY (MO)
Kansas City Star

March 3, 2019

By Ian Cummings nd Judy Thomas

An Overland Park priest announced at Mass this weekend that abuse allegations had once again been raised against him and that he denied the allegations.

The Rev. William Bruning made the announcement at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, saying that a woman in her early 30s had accused Bruning of abusing her when she was a minor attending the Most Pure Heart of Mary School in Topeka. Bruning insisted the allegation was false.

In a written statement, the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said the woman had raised the allegations twice before, in 2015 and in 2018. Each time, a review board at the archdiocese found the allegations could not be substantiated.

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