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IOWA CITY, Iowa A retired priest from Sioux City is off the hook in an investigation by the Roman Catholic Church.
Retired Bishop Lawrence Soens has been accused of sexual abuse, but the Church has decided his actions weren't sexual, though it does admit they may have been inappropriate.
The allegations were made in April 2002 by a former student of Regina High School in Iowa City, where Soens, who retired in 1998, served as principal from 1958 to 1967.
Soens was accused of repeatedly twisting the nipples of his accuser and running his finger up and down the accuser's private parts.
Posted by kshaw at February 9, 2006 07:16 AM