PHOENIX (AZ)
Arizona Daily Star
By Michelle Roberts
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.22.2005
PHOENIX - The former vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix was arrested Monday on misdemeanor charges alleging he fondled teenage boys and young men and asked detailed questions about sex misrepresented as part of confession.
Monsignor Dale Fushek, 53, becomes one of the highest-ranking priests to be charged in the sex scandal that has engulfed the church. The vicar general is the highest-ranking administrator of a diocese next to the bishop.
Fushek was charged with three counts of assault, five of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and two of indecent exposure.
All are misdemeanors, punishable by no more than three years and nine months total.