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	Gibraltar Priest in Exposure Case Still Working Detroit Free Press June 14, 2011 http://www.freep.com/article/20110614/NEWS05/110614003/Gibraltar-priest-exposure-case-still-working?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s A Catholic priest from Gibraltar who exposed and fondled himself in front of a waitress is still working in several parishes in metro Detroit, prompting outrage Monday from a support group for victims of priest abuse. The Rev. Roger Knapp, formerly a pastor at St. Victor Catholic Church in Gibraltar, pleaded guilty in June 2009 to being a disorderly person after police arrested him for exposing himself to a waitress at a Woodhaven restaurant in March 2009. He was sentenced to nine months of probation and $595 in fines. But Knapp still "helps out in a number of parishes providing mass coverage," Ned McGrath, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Detroit, said Monday. "That's shocking," said Matt Jatczak, director of the Detroit chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. "It puts kids in danger." On Monday, Jatczak sent a letter to Archbishop of Detroit Allen Vigneron asking that he be open and transparent about priests with abuse problems. Last week, a Catholic priest formerly in metro Detroit, the Rev. Bernard Chojnacki, was arrested on charges of exposing himself to an undercover officer in Florida. McGrath said there is no evidence the priest committed any abuse while in metro Detroit. Contact Niraj Warikoo: nwarikoo@freepress.com or 313-223-4792
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