PUEBLO (CO)
The Denver Post
By The Associated Press
Pueblo - The coroner has determined that an ex-priest accused of sexual abuse committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart.
Andrew Burke, 62, was under investigation for allegedly molesting a teen in the early 1970s.
An autopsy showed that Burke died Wednesday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, said Pueblo County Coroner James Kramer.
John Ercul, deputy police chief, said Burke was a suspect in a sexual assault. A suicide note left by Burke did not mention the allegations, Ercul said.