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Local priest charged with trying to lure four for sex
Monsignor Stephen T. Forish was acquitted of the same charge in 1998. He was arrested last week in Greensburg, Pa.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 By MEGHAN SMITH
The Express-Times
A 61-year-old Allentown Diocese priest acquitted of soliciting sex from a Bethlehem man in 1998 was arrested last week in western Pennsylvania on allegations he asked four people on a public street for sexual favors.
Monsignor Stephen T. Forish, who at one time was the diocese’s pro-life coordinator, admitted Thursday to making inappropriate sexual comments to the victims Aug. 6, state police at Greensburg said.
In court records, state police said Forish approached the unidentified individuals about 1:10 a.m. near East Pittsburgh Street and North Westmoreland Avenue in Greensburg. A separate police report indicates one of the individuals was a male.
He used obscene language when attempting to solicit sex acts from the victims, according to police. Officers located Florish driving away from the area less than 20 minutes after the incidents were reported and stopped him, police said.
He was charged with harassment and disorderly conduct and released. A preliminary hearing is scheduled Nov. 2.
According to Allentown Diocese spokesman Matt Kerr, Forish, who was ordained in 1972, has been staying with family in McAdoo, Pa., following the August incident.
A man who answered the phone at Forish’s McAdoo residence Tuesday said the monsignor was unavailable and abruptly hung up the phone.
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Monsignor Stephen T. Forish was acquitted of the same charge in 1998. He was arrested last week in Greensburg, Pa.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 By MEGHAN SMITH
The Express-Times
A 61-year-old Allentown Diocese priest acquitted of soliciting sex from a Bethlehem man in 1998 was arrested last week in western Pennsylvania on allegations he asked four people on a public street for sexual favors.
Monsignor Stephen T. Forish, who at one time was the diocese’s pro-life coordinator, admitted Thursday to making inappropriate sexual comments to the victims Aug. 6, state police at Greensburg said.
In court records, state police said Forish approached the unidentified individuals about 1:10 a.m. near East Pittsburgh Street and North Westmoreland Avenue in Greensburg. A separate police report indicates one of the individuals was a male.
He used obscene language when attempting to solicit sex acts from the victims, according to police. Officers located Florish driving away from the area less than 20 minutes after the incidents were reported and stopped him, police said.
He was charged with harassment and disorderly conduct and released. A preliminary hearing is scheduled Nov. 2.
According to Allentown Diocese spokesman Matt Kerr, Forish, who was ordained in 1972, has been staying with family in McAdoo, Pa., following the August incident.
A man who answered the phone at Forish’s McAdoo residence Tuesday said the monsignor was unavailable and abruptly hung up the phone.
pennlive.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-7/115812022371540.xml&coll=2