Catholic priest arrested on charges of sexual assault of boy

Is it by coincidence that there are this many numbers of pedophiles in the Catholic Church? No, it isn’t. The Catholic Church has always had a significant percentage of sexual deviants among the clergy. By the way, those who are caught for molesting minors are the tip of the iceberg when compared to those who are never caught. And as one can imagine, in other less developed countries throughout the world the amount of abuses by priests (and nuns) is astronomical. TGO

Refer to story below. Source: Reuters

ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski | Reuters

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Catholic priest wanted in Colorado on charges that he sexually assaulted a boy was arrested in Chicago on Monday by members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI said.

Father Richard James Kurtz, 67, who worked as a chemistry teacher at the University of Detroit High School in Detroit, Michigan, was turned over to Cook County authorities for extradition to Colorado, the FBI said.

Child abuse controversies have rocked the Catholic Church in the United States in the last decade, and the church has paid out some $2 billion in settlements to victims, bankrupting a handful of dioceses.

Kurtz faces felony charges for sexual assault and attempted sexual assault of a male under the age of 18 while they were in Colorado in 2001. Authorities did not give the boy’s age.

The alleged crimes had no connection to any Colorado church, according to Sergeant Ron Hanavan, spokesman for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Castle Rock, Colorado. Kurtz has been booked into a Chicago jail on a $100,000 bond.

The investigation began in June 2011 when the Society of Jesus Chicago-Detroit Province notified the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office of the alleged crimes, Hanavan said in a statement. A warrant was issued for Kurtz’ arrest last Friday.

A spokesman for the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, was not immediately available for comment.

(Writing by Mary Wisniewski, Editing by Cynthia Johnston)

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