STODDARD COUNTY (MO)
KFVS-TV (Channel 12)
February 19, 2020
By Amber Ruch
A retired Catholic priest in the Heartland was charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse with children.
According to Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver, 76-year-old Frederick Lutz was arrested at his home in Springfield on a Stoddard County warrant for charges of forcible sodomy, two counts of statutory sodomy second degree and felony sexual abuse related to allegations of sex crimes that happened while Lutz served as the priest at St. Joseph Parish in Advance, Mo. His bond was set at $125,000 cash only.
He was taken to the Stoddard County Jail on Wednesday afternoon to be booked.
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