November 21, 2005

Former top official in Phoenix diocese arrested

PHOENIX (AZ)
The Arizona Republic

Jim Walsh
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 21, 2005 11:33 AM

A charismatic priest who once held a high position with the Diocese of Phoenix was arrested this morning.

Monsignor Dale Fushek, once the highly popular, magnetic pastor of St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Mesa, was being booked at the Madison Street Jail, according to Bill FitzGerald, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

Fushek founded Life Teen, a popular Catholic youth ministry that swept the nation, in 1995. He also served as vicar general under former Bishop Thomas O'Brien. advertisement

Posted by kshaw at November 21, 2005 01:16 PM