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Friday, August 28, 2015

Priest Sentenced To 6 Months In Prison For Groping Woman On US Airways Flight

Almost exactly a year after he was caught groping a female passenger on a US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, a Catholic priest has been sentenced to six months behind bars in a federal prison, followed by six months of house arrest.
According to a grand jury indictment [PDF], on Aug. 17, 2014, the priest touched the woman’s breast, buttocks, and inner thigh for his own sexual gratification, and without her permission.

Reuters reports that when the priest boarded the flight, he asked if he could be moved to a seat in the rear of the plane to “sit next to his wife.”

At some point, the woman sitting next to the convicted groper woke up to find him touching the top of her leg and wrapping his arm around her body to grab her breast.

She got up from her seat, went to the plane’s lavatory and called a flight attendant to report the assault.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This goes on every day in MD. The weakest point is the service of the Court papers originally. The debt collectors, usually a law firm, hire a server to in most cases just go to the alleged residence and leave the papers with an adult occupant. If no one is home or the debtor no longer lives there no problem---make a false affidavit. The Court won't know unless an atty enters an appearance. I think we all know who the debt collection attys are in this community, but many are located in the Balt. metro area. If one were to confront these persons as I have on many occasions, you get a denial. Proof is always hard, but gratifying when accomplished. MD needs reform in this area.

Anonymous said...

7:46 you are another poster who needs to wake up. Your post has nothing to do with this story.