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Following the arrest of a Catholic grade school teacher who allegedly used photos of students to digitally create pornography that was distributed to others, a lawsuit against the archdiocese was filed.

Between the end of March 2022 and the beginning of February 2024, a 39-year-old man who taught seventh and eighth-grade religion classes at St. Stephen Martyr Catholic School in Louisville, Kentucky, was allegedly creating pornographic pictures of students. According to reports, he used yearbook photos that were taken at the school and manipulated the images by combining them with pornographic material. The man also allegedly distributed the faux photos of the kids online.

The authorities learned about the situation and opened an investigation. They reportedly discovered that the IP address used to share the pornographic images matched the one the teacher was using. It was reported that undercover agents working on the case received hundreds of pictures from the account associated with the suspect. On February 2, the man was arrested for the allegations.

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A man in his underwear reportedly climbed a church and set fire to the cross on the bell tower before jumping from rooftop to rooftop using electrical wires to assist him.

Late in the evening on July 7, a security guard was on duty at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Boyle Heights.

The guard reported that he spotted a man ascending the construction scaffolding, and it appeared as if he was headed to the rooftop.

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A Catholic priest in California has been legally disallowed from going near his church and its employees after they alleged that he poses a danger due to reasons related to gangs and guns.

Father Guadalupe Rios has served as a priest at the Roman Catholic St. Joseph’s Church in Selma for approximately 5-years.

Recently, it was brought to the attention of the Diocese of Fresno that there was concern amongst the parishioners and staff about Rios’ engagement in possible illegal activity.

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A witness reportedly exposed a priest and two women clad in dominatrix clothing while they were allegedly in the middle of filming their sexual play on the altar at his church.

37-year-old Travis Clark is a Catholic reverend who was ordained in 2013 and recently served with the Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Pearl River, Louisiana.

In the evening on September 30, Clark was reportedly inside the church after hours.

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A Florida woman with dementia spent nearly a week in jail after police found the septuagenarian wandering blocks from her nursing home and reportedly discovered she had a warrant out for her arrest from 10 years ago.

74-year-old Gwen Donahue resides in a Dade County nursing home, and her daughter reported that the woman suffers from physical and mental health deterioration.

On September 30, Donahue strayed away from the home, causing the belief that the woman had gotten lost while wandering the streets.

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A Florida man allegedly abruptly disrupted the start of a morning church service when he reportedly slammed his car through the doors and set the foyer ablaze using an accelerant.

Near 7:00 am last Saturday, worshippers at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala were getting ready for the morning mass to begin when they were reportedly halted by a potentially dangerous incident.

A van reportedly smashed through the doors of the church and came to a halt, before the driver allegedly emerged from the vehicle and began to splash gasoline around the foyer of the house of worship.

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A woman came forward alleging that the Catholic priest who performed her confessions throughout her childhood had abused her sexually beginning when she was 8 and continuing over several years.

68-year-old Miguel Luna served as a priest in 12 Catholic churches throughout El Paso, Texas, since he was ordained in 1982. Although Luna has not served as a clergyman since his position was taken in 2013, he has been accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl who took confession from him for many years during the time that he was a priest.

A woman who is now 34-years-old came forward with the claim in 2016 and named Luna as her abuser when she reported that she had been victimized as a child while she was attending the Catholic Church that Luna was serving. The woman also was said to have acted as an altar person during masses during the time that she was a young parishioner.

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Kimberly Quach, the mother of a Cathedral Catholic High School student, is suspected of selling marijuana and prescription drugs to her daughter’s school friends. Police reported that she allegedly sold drugs to the minors during a period beginning January 1, 2017, through the time of her arrest in late September.

As stated in court documents, she is also accused of recruiting a teenage girl for the purpose of selling marijuana to students at both Cathedral Catholic and La Jolla High Schools. In addition, Quach allegedly instructed the girl on how to accept payment from purchasers both online and in cash. When the girl was questioned she claimed that she made less than 10 marijuana sales, each weighing under one ounce, in the month preceding Quach’s arrest.

Quach’s dwelling was purportedly a well-known party house for teenagers looking for a place to purchase and use marijuana, prescription medication and alcohol. Parents of one of the partiers found suboxone pills in their child’s bedroom, along with text messages of their daughter asking Quach to obtain pain medication for her. The authorities were notified, and an 8-month investigation began.

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