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Des Moines Register
Joey Aguirre, jaguirre@gannett.com August 26, 2016
A retired Catholic priest is facing invasion of privacy charges after an alleged incident at a high school track meet in April, according to a news release from the Diocese of Des Moines.
The Rev. Paul Monahan has been charged by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office with five counts of invasion of privacy, according to the Friday release. An attempt to reach the attorney general’s office for more information was unsuccessful.
Diocese of Des Moines Bishop Richard Pates suspended Monahan on July 8 after learning of the investigation. The suspension will remain in place until the case is resolved by authorities.
Monahan, ordained in 1960, retired in 2004 and then served as a senior chaplain at St. Albert Schools in Council Bluffs. He was a teacher at Dowling Catholic for fours years in the 1960s before being assigned to St. Albert, where he served in a variety of capacities before retiring.
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