Former Colo. Priest Sentenced in Delinquency Case

Denver Post
September 26, 2013

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24185433/former-colo-priest-sentenced-delinquency-case?IADID=Search-www.denverpost.com-www.denverpost.com

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A former Colorado Springs priest has been sentenced to four years' probation after a July conviction on of two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

[]

Manning was acquitted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old altar boy. The 78-year-old former pastor at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Colorado Springs also was acquitted of child pornography counts.

Manning was accused of coaxing a teen into sex acts during a booze and pot-fueled encounter in 2011. Manning retired in 2012 and moved into a home for retired priests in the St. Louis area