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Mark Ford, extradited from Indiana to New Orleans jail, faces life in prison if convicted of sexual abuse charges

A man working as a Roman Catholic priest in New Orleans positioned himself as a mentor to a young disabled boy grieving two family deaths – and then exploited the proximity to abuse him for years, police allege.

Those details are contained in criminal court records generated by the arrest of Mark Francis Ford in Indiana in September as well as his subsequent transfer to New Orleans’s jail, a process which was completed late on Tuesday.

Ford, 64, made an initial court appearance on Wednesday as he became the latest figure to come under scrutiny during the New Orleans Catholic church’s long standing clergy molestation scandal.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

In a just world, the Catholic Church would have so many judgements that they would be forced to mortgage Vatican City and put a roller coaster in Taco Bell presents: the Sistine Chapel, by Pepsi.