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Eugene

(62,623 posts)
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 06:40 PM Dec 2018

American priest facing 'horrifying' sex abuse charges during his time as a missionary in Philippines

Source: ABC News

American priest facing 'horrifying' sex abuse charges during his time as a missionary in Philippines

By MEGHAN KENEALLY Dec 6, 2018, 2:12 PM ET

An American priest has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing multiple young boys while he was doing missionary work in the Philippines.

Now U.S. authorities are calling for the public's help in determining whether or not he had any victims stateside.

Rev. Kenneth Hendricks is in custody of police authorities in Manila now, and is facing federal charges in Ohio where he maintains a residence.

Ben Glassman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, said that the case started when two Filipino boys reported alleged abuse to local authorities, prompting an investigation and subsequent accusations from other boys.

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American priest facing 'horrifying' sex abuse charges during his time as a missionary in Philippines (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2018 OP
Are all these priests perverts? The local Bishop just released a list of doc03 Dec 2018 #1
A whole lot of them are. trotsky Dec 2018 #3
Now we're exporting child molesting priests? MineralMan Dec 2018 #2

doc03

(36,528 posts)
1. Are all these priests perverts? The local Bishop just released a list of
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 07:09 PM
Dec 2018

over 20 priests involved with sexual crimes.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
3. A whole lot of them are.
Fri Dec 7, 2018, 09:19 AM
Dec 2018

And they knew, for a very long time, that the RCC was a safe place they could prey on victims. And still is, quite frankly, until proven otherwise.

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