LANSING (MI)
Lansing State Journal
Oct. 21, 2019
By Justine Lofton
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing failed to investigate allegations of a priest sexually assaulting a man during a boxing training camp in 1990, a new report shows.
Nearly 30 years later, the diocese has apologized to the victim, The Associated Press reports. The priest in the case was stripped of his priestly faculties in 2018 after an investigation into a similar case that occurred in 2014.
Roman Catholic Diocese hired law firm Honigman LLP to investigate the 1990 case, The AP reports. The firm’s report released Thursday, Oct. 17, determined the case was mishandled.
The victim sent a letter in 1990 to the Rev. Patrick Egan that said Egan sexually assaulted him the year before, when he was 25 years old, The AP reports. The diocese learned of the accusation in early 1990s but didn’t investigate because the victim was not a minor when the alleged assault occurred.
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