SAGINAW (MI)
ChurchMilitant.com
May 22, 2019
By Christine Niles, M.St. (Oxon.), J.D.
Fr. Robert DeLand: “To discover that you have some gay tendencies is a fine thing, because then you don’t have to be so confused.”
A predator priest in action.
Fr. Robert DeLand: “I love you so much. I mean what I say, I love you so much.”
The voice of Father Robert DeLand, now in prison, caught on tape grooming a victim for sex abuse.
Fr. Robert DeLand: “We’re gonna get you drunk and you’re gonna cry. Does that sound good?”
The victim, a 17-year-old male, secretly capturing audio of his encounters with the high-ranking Saginaw Michigan priest, who targeted the boy when he was grieving the death of his friend to suicide.
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