Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Burton, Michigan, USA · 2023

Michigan: priest Vincent DeLorenzo sentenced for abusing a 5-year-old boy

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic priest, Holy Redeemer Church, Burton, Diocese of Lansing

Organization

Diocese of Lansing

Spiritual nexus

Access to the child arose from DeLorenzo's position as a Holy Redeemer Church priest.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2023-06-01 · guilty plea; sentenced; died in custody January 2024

Michigan circuit court (Michigan Department of Attorney General prosecution). Vincent DeLorenzo pleaded guilty to preying on a 5-year-old boy in 1987 and was sentenced to one year in jail and five years' probation. He died in January 2024 while serving his sentence. 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 DeLorenzo'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 recording DeLorenzo's plea, sentence and death in custody.

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