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  Former Priest Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse

TheWBALChannel.com [Towson MD]
November 8, 2005

TOWSON, Md. -- Jerome Toohey Jr., a former priest and employee of Calvert Hall and John Carroll high schools, pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse Tuesday morning

Toohey was charged in connection with sexual abuse allegations brought by a former student of Calvert Hall.

The priest is free on bail pending his sentence on Feb. 7. He faces up to 15 years in prison.

The former student alleged that Toohey repeatedly molesting him starting at age 14. The Baltimore Archdiocese removed Toohey from the ministry after the allegations of abuse with the John Carroll student surfaced.

 
 

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