June 02, 2005

Beine is released from prison

ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

BY ROBERT PATRICK
Of the Post-Dispatch
06/02/2005

James Beine, the former Roman Catholic priest and elementary-school counselor who had his sexual misconduct convictions overturned by the Missouri Supreme Court, was released from prison Thursday.

Steve Welby, one of Beine’s lawyers, said that after more than 3 years behind bars, Beine “was a very happy man.”

Beine, wearing an orange short-sleeve jumpsuit, was dropped off at Welby’s downtown St. Louis office at 2:30 p.m.

Posted by kshaw at June 2, 2005 05:31 PM