MICHIGAN
Raw Story
DAVID EDWARDS
09 MAY 2016
A Catholic priest who was accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl has been appointed as director of a teen pregnancy center, prompting activists to call for him to be removed from the post.
The Detroit Free Press reported on Monday that Rev. Kenneth Kaucheck was named director of the Gianna House Pregnancy and Parenting Residence in Eastpointe.
According to the paper, “the center takes in teenagers and young women who are pregnant, assisting them and any children they might later have.”
The report said that Kaucheck was removed from two churches after the Archdiocese of Detroit determined in 2009 that he had sexually abused a 16-year-old girl who he was counseling in the 1970s.
At the time, prosecutors declined to file charges against Kaucheck, arguing that the girl was old enough to legally consent.
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