Michigan: priest Timothy Crowley sentenced for second-degree criminal sexual conduct
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
Catholic priest, St. Thomas Rectory, Ann Arbor, Diocese of Lansing
Organization
Diocese of Lansing
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Access to the victim arose from Crowley's assignment as a priest at St. Thomas Rectory.
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Proceedings
2023-11-09 · guilty plea and sentencing
Michigan circuit court (Michigan Department of Attorney General prosecution). Timothy Crowley pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and was sentenced to one year incarceration and five years' probation with lifetime sex-offender registration. His sentencing was the case that formally concluded the Michigan attorney general's clergy-abuse prosecution docket: 11 clergy charged, 9 convicted.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- parish rectory access to a minor
Cited record
Sources
- official attorney general press release sentencing announcement 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 press release specifically announcing Crowley's sentencing as the conclusion of the prosecution docket.
- 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 Crowley's charges and sentence.
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- 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: sentencing-announcement.
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- 2026-07-27 · Retrieval failed
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- 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
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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