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Prosecutors Charge Priest With Rape
POSTED: 2:40 pm EST March 31, 2004
PHILADELPHIA -- A Maryland priest is facing charges of sexually abusing a teenage boy when the priest was a teacher at a Catholic high school in Philadelphia.
The Rev. James Behan is the first person to be indicted by a grand jury convened by Philadelphia's district attorney in 2002 to investigate decades-old allegations of abuse by clergy.
Behan, 60, is a member of the order of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales. He was charged Wednesday with rape,
involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors.
Prosecutors said the priest is now living in Childs, Md., and has made arrange
men
s to surrender voluntarily to authorities within the next few day
s.
The grand jury accused Behan of having several sexual encounters with a student at Northeast Catholic High, beginning in 1978 when the boy was 15.
Stay with TheWBALChannel.com and WBAL-TV 11 News for the latest news updates.
Prosecutors Charge Priest With Rape
POSTED: 2:40 pm EST March 31, 2004
PHILADELPHIA -- A Maryland priest is facing charges of sexually abusing a teenage boy when the priest was a teacher at a Catholic high school in Philadelphia.
The Rev. James Behan is the first person to be indicted by a grand jury convened by Philadelphia's district attorney in 2002 to investigate decades-old allegations of abuse by clergy.
Behan, 60, is a member of the order of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales. He was charged Wednesday with rape,
involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors.
Prosecutors said the priest is now living in Childs, Md., and has made arrange
men
s to surrender voluntarily to authorities within the next few day
s.
The grand jury accused Behan of having several sexual encounters with a student at Northeast Catholic High, beginning in 1978 when the boy was 15.
Stay with TheWBALChannel.com and WBAL-TV 11 News for the latest news updates.
