Monday, March 22, 2010
Priest Indicted
KENTUCKY....
A suspended Catholic priest has entered a no-contest plea to charges involving the abuse of two men when they were teenagers during the time he ministered at a church in Frankfort. Rev. Joseph Muench entered the Alford plea. He did not admit guilt, but agreed the state had sufficient evidence to convict him had the case gone to trial. Muench had been indicted on two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, but entered the plea to first-degree unlawful imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit first-degree sexual abuse. The Diocese of Lexington suspended the 54-year-old Muench in July. He was then pastor of Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary in Lexington.
Sentencing was scheduled for May 21.
A suspended Catholic priest has entered a no-contest plea to charges involving the abuse of two men when they were teenagers during the time he ministered at a church in Frankfort. Rev. Joseph Muench entered the Alford plea. He did not admit guilt, but agreed the state had sufficient evidence to convict him had the case gone to trial. Muench had been indicted on two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, but entered the plea to first-degree unlawful imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit first-degree sexual abuse. The Diocese of Lexington suspended the 54-year-old Muench in July. He was then pastor of Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary in Lexington.
Sentencing was scheduled for May 21.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 2:52 PM 
