May 18, 2006

Diocese asks court to bar ex-priest from chapel, cites sex abuse claims

TOLEDO (OH)
Toledo Blade

By DAVID YONKE
BLADE RELIGION EDITOR

The Toledo Catholic Diocese has taken the unusual step of going to court to keep a former priest away from a West Toledo chapel because children are nearby.

A civil complaint filed in Toledo Municipal Court seeks to prevent Chet Warren, who was barred from ministry over allegations of child sexual abuse, from entering a secluded chapel at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church on Bellevue Road, near Bowman Park.

At least eight women have accused Mr. Warren of abusing them when they were children.

Posted by kshaw at May 18, 2006 08:20 AM