Retired priest to return to court on flashing charge

WISCONSIN
Fox 11

BY ANDREW LACOMBE, FOX 11 NEWS MONDAY, MAY 23RD 2016

GREEN BAY (WLUK) – A retired priest is scheduled to be back in court Monday morning on allegations he exposed himself to a minor.

Rev. Richard Thomas will enter a plea at his arraignment on four counts of exposing genital area to a child. He waived a preliminary hearing earlier this month in Brown County Circuit Court.

After the report of misconduct, the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay restricted Thomas from performing any public ministry.

Thomas was living in Grellinger Hall, a home for retired priests in Allouez. He allegedly exposed himself four times in March to a 16-year-old boy when the boy was walking to school.

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