Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Michigan, USA · 2022

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

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

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

Organization

Diocese of Lansing

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

Pastoral or clerical authority

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.

Documented coercion mechanisms

parish access to a minor

Cited record

Sources

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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Source and tier basis: https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2023/11/09/active-clergy-abuse-prosecutions-conclude Corpus classification: official-attorney-general-press-release; evidentiary role: prosecution-summary.
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Retrieval failed; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://gandernewsroom.com/news/politics/heres-where-the-michigan-ags-sweeping-catholic-clergy-sex-abuse-investigation-stands/ Corpus classification: state-news-roundup; evidentiary role: case-status-compilation. SHA-256 12884cf37fe3b4e095de763557e6b974383b9f977161f3f917c08ebd3516fd51
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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