Abuse claims lead police to charge priest with nun’s murder

A WOMAN’S allegations that Roman Catholic priests sexually abused her during bizarre rituals led police to re-examine the 1980 killing of a nun and later charge one of the priests with murder.

Abuse claims lead police to charge priest with nun’s murder

The woman's allegations were not substantiated but one priest she mentioned was Father Gerald Robinson a suspect in the nun's killing years ago who was arraigned in Toledo, Ohio, yesterday.

Fr Robinson, 66, was charged with killing Sister Margaret Ann Pahl, who was strangled and stabbed about 30 times in April 1980. Her body was found in a hospital chapel, surrounded by lit candles with her arms folded across her chest.

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