DETROIT (MI)
Detroit News
September 29, 2020
By Oralandar Brand-Williams
A former Oakland County priest has been charged with sexually abusing a local child, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday.
The charges are part of an ongoing investigation into sexual abuse within the state’s seven Catholic dioceses.
Gary Berthiaume, 78, is charged with one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, which could lead to a 15-year prison sentence if he’s convicted, said Nessel.
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The victim, who was 14 at the time of the alleged assault, told authorities the assault took place in August 1977 at the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church’ s rectory in Farmington, where Berthiaume was a priest with the Archdiocese of Detroit.
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