KANSAS CITY (MO)
Kansas City Star
August 14, 2019
By Judy L. Thomas
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Wyoming police are recommending that charges be filed against a member of the Catholic clergy and a person who was seeking membership in the clergy who police allege sexually abused male juveniles in the 1970s and ‘80s.
Though the suspects are not named, The Star previously reported that Cheyenne police were investigating allegations against Joseph Hart, a former Kansas City priest who later served as bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne.
Hart would be the highest-ranking Roman Catholic cleric in the country to be charged with sexual abuse of a minor.
In a news release Wednesday, the Cheyenne Police Department said the suspects were not named because of a Wyoming law designed to protect the identity of victims in sex abuse cases.
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