Priest Accused of Molesting Teens Answers Questions in Sworn Videotaped Deposition

The Republic
March 21, 2013

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A priest who taught in a Honolulu school in the early 1980s has admitted in a videotaped sworn statement that he engaged in sexual conduct with teenagers.

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According to the Star-Advertiser, Funcheon said in the deposition that he did not consider his attraction to youths perverted or abnormal.

Portions of the deposition were played Wednesday at a news conference held by plaintiff's attorney Jeff Anderson. His Minnesota-based law firm represents three former Damien Memorial School students who have filed civil lawsuits in state court in Hawaii. They allege that Funcheon sexually molesting them from 1982 to 1984.

No criminal charges have been filed against Funcheon.