Former U.P. priest to serve prison time after plea in abuse case | News, Sports, Jobs
Journal Staff LANSING — Efforts by the Michigan attorney general’s clergy abuse investigation team has resulted in another plea agreement and will lead to prison for a former priest in the Upper Peninsula. Gary Jacobs, 75, pleaded guilty to four counts of criminal sexual conduct in Ontonagon County on Thursday afternoon, according to a news release from the Michigan attorney general’s office. As part of the offer, Jacobs was required to plead guilty to one count, and the highest charge, on each of the four cases he faced. This resulted in admission of guilt on three counts of criminal...