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	Catholic Priest Charged with Sexual Assaulting LA Crosse Woman By Anne Jungen La Crosse Tribune February 11, 2010 http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_0904865e-1757-11df-8092-001cc4c002e0.html A criminal charge filed today accuses a visiting Catholic priest of sexually assaulting a woman he was counseling through a divorce. The misdemeanor case against the Rev. Edmund Donkor-Baine, 47, charging him in La Crosse County Circuit Court with fourth-degree sexual assault comes after a Diocese of La Crosse investigation found no evidence to support her claim. The 48-year-old woman approached Donkor-Baine after a Sunday Mass in August at a La Crosse parish seeking his counsel, according to a La Crosse police report. Donkor-Baine, 47, instructed her to pick him up in the driveway at the diocese center on a Thursday night when she asked for an emergency counseling session. The two drank smoothies at a downtown La Crosse restaurant and drove through Riverside Park at his request before returning to the diocese center. Donkor-Baine told her to continue driving when the woman said she did not feel relieved after their meeting. She parked the vehicle at Bank Drive and East Burr Oak Street in the town of Shelby, where Donkor-Baine attempted to kiss her, placed her hands on the crotch of his pants and grabbed her breasts through her shirt, according to the report. He then asked sexually inappropriate questions when they drove back to the diocese center, the report said. Turn to Friday's or return to www.lacrossetribune.com for more on this story.
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