Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Michigan, USA · 2022

Michigan: priest Gary Berthiaume sentenced for criminal sexual conduct and gross indecency

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic priest, Diocese of Lansing (later assigned Ohio, Illinois)

Organization

Diocese of Lansing

Spiritual nexus

Access to the victim arose from Berthiaume's position as a Diocese of Lansing priest.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2022-01-01 · guilty plea (CSC counts) and no-contest plea (gross indecency); sentenced

Michigan circuit court (Michigan Department of Attorney General prosecution). Gary Berthiaume pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and no contest to one count of gross indecency, and was sentenced to 17 months to 15 years' incarceration. One of nine convictions secured through the Michigan attorney general's clergy-abuse investigation.

Primary record

official attorney general press release prosecution summary Michigan Department of Attorney General, 'Active Clergy Abuse Prosecutions Conclude with Sentencing of Ann Arbor Priest for Criminal Sexual Conduct' (Nov. 9, 2023).: Official AG summary of the clergy-abuse prosecution docket recording Berthiaume's plea and sentence.
state news roundup case status compilation 'Here's where the Michigan AG's sweeping Catholic clergy sex abuse investigation stands,' Gander Newsroom.: Case-status roundup confirming Berthiaume's charges and sentence.

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