ZANESVILLE (OH)
Zanesville Times Recorder
Written by
Kathy Thompson
Staff Writer
ZANESVILLE — Zanesville Police Chief Eric Lambes said his office will not be investigating decades-old abuse allegations against a former priest.
Lambes said the right decision was made when police told a representative of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus an abuse accusation against the priest happened too long ago.
Father Thomas Brosmer was placed on administrative leave Thursday by the diocese after an accusation of sexual abuse of an 11-year-old boy in 1968 surfaced. The abuse is alleged to have taken place at St. Nicholas Parish in Zanesville. Brosmer was at the church from 1969 to 1973 as an assistant pastor and a teacher. Brosmer most recently was at St. Cecilia Church in Columbus from 2004 until his administrative leave.
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