November 04, 2005

A Priest's Confession

SOUTH DAKOTA
Keloland

Priests and confessions go together, but when it's the priest who's confessing, it's disturbing.

Last night we told you about Father Bruce MacArthur and how he repeatedly raped Judy DeLonga for seven years when she was a little girl attending one of his churches in Wisconsin. As we told you, there were other victims, many right here in South Dakota where MacArthur bounced around from parish to parish.

Now we hear MacArthur's chilling confession as he told investigators how he sexually preyed on children. Even though he says everyone in the catholic church knew about his history, no one ever turned him in to authorities.

Throughout his sworn deposition, an old and frail Father MacArthur admits sexually abusing young girls.

"How many children do you think you abused while serving as a priest? "I have no idea," said MacArthur.

While he doesn't know exactly how many victims, he says there were plenty

Posted by kshaw at November 4, 2005 09:22 PM