Fr. John H. Westheus
Monsignor. Died 1/18/2008. Accused in a federal lawsuit filed in 9/2024 of sexually abusing an altar boy on multiple occasions while assigned to St. Mary’s in Joplin. Westheus was assigned to the parish 8/1/1977-8/16/1990.
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