COLORADO
The Gazette
June 01, 2012 12:38 PM
MATT STEINER
THE GAZETTE
A Colorado Springs Catholic priest allegedly had sexual contact with a 16-year-old, provided the teenage boy with alcohol and marijuana and posted shirtless photos of the boy on Facebook, according to an arrest affidavit released Thursday.
Colorado Springs police officer Terry Thrumston described in the affidavit instances where Manning allegedly kissed the boy on the lips and performed other sexual acts before apologizing, saying “I’m sorry. I know you didn’t want to do that.”
Thrumston had been contacted Oct. 21, 2011 by Lisa Poulos, who had received information about Manning, who recently retired from St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, from the 16-year-old’s sister, the court document said.
According to the affidavit, the boy told a detective that all sexual contact between him and Manning happened “within in the last three months he lived in Colorado, starting in June or July 2011.”
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