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Molestation allegations against Arizona ex-priest still unresolved years after indictment Lauren Castle, Arizona Republic © Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Joseph Henn Court proceedings for a former priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children in Maricopa County are continuing more than 17 years after his indictment. Joseph Henn, 72, was extradited in June 2019, years after fleeing to Italy. He is accused of abusing at least three boys while serving as a priest at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Phoenix from 1978 to 1982. He was an associate pastor at the parish...
View Comments Court proceedings for a former priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children in Maricopa County are continuing more than 17 years after his indictment. Joseph Henn, 72, was extradited in June 2019, years after fleeing to Italy. He is accused of abusing at least three boys while serving as a priest at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Phoenix from 1978 to 1982. He was an associate pastor at the parish. One of the victims told The Arizona Republic his mother begged the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix to take action against Henn so he wouldn't harm any more children. ...
Corrections & Clarifications: The name of the group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests was incorrect in an earlier version of the article. A civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix highlights the history of Arizona priests fleeing the country after allegations of child sex abuse. In the early 2000s, the Rev. Jorge Washington Cordova Hernandez faced several allegations of child abuse in Yuma and Maricopa counties. However, the priest fled to Ecuador before being arrested. Two years after his death, a woman filed a civil lawsuit against the diocese claiming t...