by admin | May 20, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The Vatican has defrocked a former St. Louis priest and school counselor. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports officials with the St. Louis Archdiocese say the action was taken because of James Beine’s 30 year history of sexual abuse. Beine had most recently been...
by admin | May 11, 2005 | Crime / Courts
Attorney General Jay Nixon has formally asked the State Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to overturn the conviction of former Catholic priest and former St. Louis elementary school counselor James Beine on charges he exposed himself to students. Last month, in...
by admin | May 10, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The former Catholic priest who has had his indecent exposure conviction overturned by the State Supreme Court will remain behind bars. James Beine, also known as Mar James, was an elementary school counselor in St. Louis when he was arrested on several counts of...
by admin | May 6, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has ordered former priest James Beine freed on a $5,000 bond. This comes just a week and a half after the Court threw out his conviction on charges he had exposed himself to children in a school bathroom. He’s been serving a 12-year...
by admin | May 4, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A jury meets today in Springfield to decide whether the United Methodist Church should be punished for not heeding warnings that one of its ministers was sexually abusive. The juyry already has awarded a former Nixa church employee $2-Million in actual damages. She...
