Former Louisville priest faces new child abuse charges decades after being removed from ministry
Published By admin with Comments 0
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A priest who formerly worked in Louisville is facing charges of child sex abuse, and this isn’t the first time he’s been accused.
Joseph Mouser, 86, was removed from public ministry in 2002 and is facing new charges of child sodomy and sexual abuse. The alleged abuse happened 35 years ago.
Although the accusations against the 86-year-old are new, court records state the incidents happened between 1989 and 1991.
The victim was younger than 12.
Melanie Sakoda works as the support director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
“Given the background of this particular priest, I don’t think there’s any question that he is capable of doing just this,” she said.
He was one of two dozen priests listed in a class action lawsuit that accused him of abusing minors in the 1960s and 1970s.
Court records show Mouser was accused of taking several boys to the drive-in, gave them alcohol and assaulted them.
This was during his time at St. Francis of Assisi in Louisville and St. Helen in Glasgow. That lawsuit was settled for nearly $26 million the following year.
Content retrieved from: https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/former-louisville-priest-faces-new-child-abuse-charges-decades-after-being-removed-from-ministry/article_5ace8fc0-c97b-11ef-b0c7-ff51da5199a6.html.
