A priest accused of getting away with sexually touching multiple boys for 40 years may have more victims.
Father Leo Riley was in Charlotte County court on Thursday. He has been accused of sexual abuse on four boys in Dubuque, Iowa, from 1984 to 1986 but wasn’t arrested until Wednesday.
WINK News spoke to John Celeste, a parishioner at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, one of the churches Riley used to work at. He said it’s deeply saddening because you never want someone who promised to be a man of God to break that promise.
Prayer is not unusual for John Celeste, but on Thursday, his purpose for praying was truth.
“I want the truth to come out. Hiding the truth is never any good,” said Celeste.
He woke up to the news that Father Riley was accused of sexual assault.
“People here used to talk well about…
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