LOUISVILLE (KY)
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE - A fourth man has been dismissed from the priesthood and three elderly priests were ordered by the Vatican to stop working as priests after a review of sexual-abuse claims in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville.
Joseph Herp, who had been accused of sexual abuse in four lawsuits in 2002 and 2003, was dismissed from the priesthood, according to a new report on sexual abuse issued by the archdiocese.
The Vatican also ordered Robert Dollinger, J. Irvin Mouser and Edwin Scherzer to live in prayer and penance. They are not allowed to perform any public ministry, present themselves as priests or have unsupervised contact with minors.
The Vatican uses that option in cases of "health problems or advanced age," according to the archdiocese's report.