DETROIT (MI)
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January 10, 2025
Mount Clemens, Mich. – A former Shelby Township priest has been resentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old in 1984.
Neil Kalina was convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2022 and was sentenced to 7-15 years behind bars. The Court of Appeals ordered a resentencing in 2024 due to a technical error, claiming the consideration of acquitted conduct had impacted the calculation of his sentencing.
On Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, Kalina was resentenced to 7-15 years in prison.
Kalina was a priest at St. Kiernan Catholic Church in Shelby Township from 1982-85. He was arrested in California in 2019.