A longtime Dutchess County
priest has officially been removed from the clergy following an
investigation into allegations of sexual abuse from decades ago,
according to the Archdiocese of New York.
Allegations of sexual abuse made against Peter Kihm in 2015 have been found to be "credible" by both law enforcement and the Archdiocesan Review Board, said Bishop Dominick John Lagonegro in a letter to parishioners of the Good Shepherd Church in Rhinebeck, where Kihm last served as a priest. However, the accusations against Kihm fall out of the statute of limitations for criminal and civil complaints and the determination by the archdiocese is not a finding of guilt.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/03/21/archdiocese-sex-abuse-claims-against-dutchess-priest-credible/82074624/
Allegations of sexual abuse made against Peter Kihm in 2015 have been found to be "credible" by both law enforcement and the Archdiocesan Review Board, said Bishop Dominick John Lagonegro in a letter to parishioners of the Good Shepherd Church in Rhinebeck, where Kihm last served as a priest. However, the accusations against Kihm fall out of the statute of limitations for criminal and civil complaints and the determination by the archdiocese is not a finding of guilt.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/03/21/archdiocese-sex-abuse-claims-against-dutchess-priest-credible/82074624/