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	Appeal Filed in Case of Ex-Priest By Jennifer Woldt Daily Citizen June 17, 2006 http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/index.php?ntid=87962&ntpid=2 Juneau -- An attorney for a former Catholic priest who has been charged with sexually assaulting three girls while a chaplain at a Beaver Dam hospital in the 1960s has filed an appeal with the state appeals court. Alex Flynn, a Milwaukee-based lawyer representing Bruce Duncan MacArthur, filed an appeal earlier this week regarding a ruling a Dodge County Circuit Court judge made about whether the statue of limitations had expired on pending felony charges against MacArthur. In May, Judge Daniel Klossner ruled the case against MacArthur could proceed. MacArthur, 84, of Robertsville, Mo., faces two counts of sexual intercourse with a child, four counts of indecent behavior with a child and one count of attempted indecent behavior with a child. If convicted, MacArthur faces up to 80 years in prison. MacArthur, who has posted $10,000 cash bail and has returned to Missouri, was assigned to St. Joseph's Hospital as a chaplain between April 12, 1966 and Jan. 12, 1970. "I think based on some of the issues that were raised, there were issues that need to be resolved before we go to trial," Dodge County District Attorney Steve Bauer said. Bauer said the state appeals court must determine whether or not it will hear the arguments in the case. In the meantime, an evidentiary hearing that had been scheduled for Monday to determine whether or not MacArthur was a resident of Wisconsin has been canceled. While a preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 29, Bauer said the case in Dodge County has effectively been delayed until the appeal is resolved.
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