In 2011 five adult men contacted the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri about child sexual abuse by Episcopal priest Joseph Carlo of Christ Episcopal Church, Rolla, Missouri. Carlo admitted to the allegations when he was confronted by the diocese and was deposed by Bishop Wayne Smith on March 13, 2012. “I
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Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest George Francis Weld II
Episcopal priest George Francis Weld II was arrested in September 2007 for for child molestation of a nine year old boy and charged in October 2007 with sexually assaulting a woman between the ages of 15 and 17. Weld attended Virginia Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood in 1977.
Continue readingSpotlight on abuse: Episcopal Peace Corps volunteer Jesse Osmun
The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut agreed in 2017 to pay a settlement to a local woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by lay Episcopal Jesse Osmun at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Milford, Connecticut when she was 12. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The settlement was reached as the case was to
Continue readingSpotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest Paul A. Lacharite
Episcopal priest Paul A. LaCharite was criminally charged with sexually abusing a boy in his congregation, St. James in Somerville MA, over a ten-year period. LaCharite, who served as rector of the parish from 1989 to 2005, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Contacted about the allegations, LaCharite’s husband, Bruce Shaw,
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