MICHIGAN
MLIVE
By John Tunison | jtunison@mlive.com
on August 14, 2015
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A 79-year-old retired priest with the Grand Rapids Diocese has been removed from the ministry amid sex abuse allegations stemming from the mid-1980s.
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The Rev. Charles Antekeier no longer may present himself as a priest or wear the collar.
Father Charles Antekeier is named in a Friday, Aug. 14 statement from the Diocese.
In the statement, Bishop David J. Walkowiak expresses his “deepest apologies” to any children and their families who “have been abused by members of the clergy in the Diocese of Grand Rapids.”
Antekeier was ordained in 1962 and served at the following churches during the specified years:
1962: St. Charles, Cheboygan
1966: St. Patrick, Grand Haven
1966: St. Mary, Grand Rapids
1972: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Belmont
1977: St. James, Grand Rapids
1987: St. Francis Xavier, Grand Rapids
2000: Senior priest status (Retired)
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