AUSTIN (TX)
CBS Austin
March 20, 2019
An Austin Catholic priest was arrested after police say he sexually assaulted a woman in hospice care.
75-year-old Rev. Gerold Langsch has been charged with assault by contact, class a misdemeanor.
The incident allegedly happened in October 2018 when a woman was put on hospice care after suffering from several medical conditions.
While on hospice, the victim’s ex husband contacted the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic-based fraternal service organization, to inform them of the victim’s illness.
They offered to send a priest to their home to give the victim her last rites, a religious ceremony to offer absolution of sins prior to dying through anointment.
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