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After Morrier conviction, will Vatican investigate allegation's handling?

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JD Flynn
Mar 17, 2022
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Portiuncula Chapel at Franciscan University of Steubenville Credit Robert Pernett via Flickr CC BY ND 20 CNA
Franciscan University of Steubenville. Credit: Robert Pernett via Flickr CC BY SA 2.0

Former Franciscan University chaplain Fr. David Morrier was sentenced to five years probation and a lifetime of sex offender registration Friday, after pleading guilty in a Jefferson County, Ohio, courtroom to one count of sexual battery. 

But while the priest’s convicti…

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