FLINT (MI)
ABC 12/WJRT
February 5, 2020
Bond doubled as Flint-area priest bound over to trial
A former Catholic priest is facing trial on sex charges dating back to his work at parishes in Burton and Flushing in the 1980s to 2000s.
Vincent DeLorenzo is facing three counts of first-degree and three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct from 1995 to 2000 in one case and one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct from 1987 in the second case.
DeLorenzo is accused of touching a boy inappropriately more than a hundred times from 1995 to 2000. The now-30-year-old testified he was in elementary school at Holy Redeemer Catholic School in Burton.
The man said the abuse ranged from groping to DeLorenzo digitally penetrating him.
“I thought it was tickling. I thought it was fun. And he turned it into somewhat of a game at first,” he testified.
The alleged abuse stopped when the boy left the school in 2000.
DeLorenzo also is accused of touching a 5-year-old boy inappropriately in 1987 after a relative’s funeral at Holy Redeemer.
“He said if you tell anyone your uncle will not become a priest,” the now-38-year-old testified.
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