MISSOURI
Missourian
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
BY AUSTIN HUGUELET
BOONVILLE — A former priest pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three teenage boys in the 1980s during his time as a priest in Boonville and after he left the parish.
Gerald Howard entered a guilty plea Tuesday afternoon to two counts of forcible sodomy and one count of attempted forcible sodomy that earned him 12 years in prison.
In accepting the plea deal from Cooper County prosecutor Doug Abele, Howard admitted to three sexual incidents involving three young boys in 1984 and 1985, according to online court records.
Four other felony charges, including kidnapping, were dismissed as a result of his plea agreement.
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