Defrocked Priest Running Shrine

By Berger
The Berger's Beat
October 16, 2013

http://bergersbeat.com/defrocked-priest-running-shrine/

ALERT!

Touting “great overnight accommodations” and a “pet friendly” atmosphere, San Damiano Shrine in southern Illinois is now running ads in the St. Louis Review, the archdiocesan newspaper. The shrine is run by Robert Vonnahmen, a priest defrocked by the Vatican for sexually abusing several Belleville area children.

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