A local Catholic priest who pastored a Columbia City parish and served as a chaplain at Bishop Dwenger High School has been charged with sexually abusing a minor in a case involving two females.

Whitley County Prosecutor DJ Sigler announced Friday he has filed multiple charges against Father David Huneck.

The charges are as follows:

• Child Seduction-Defendant has a professional relationship with child and fondles child
• Sexual Battery–Victim compelled to submit by force or imminent threat
• Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor
• Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor-Basic offense for furnishing to a minor
• Two counts of battery

According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Whitley Superior Court, the charges stem from two incidents that allegedly took place at the home in Columbia City provided to Huneck as part of his being the pastor at a parish there.

The affidavit said that the investigation began on September 23, when an officer with the…