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25 February 2015

Prison release of former priests raises questions for Catholic church

One of the first St. Louis area priests to plead guilty to sexual abuse since the crisis shook the Roman Catholic Church more than a decade ago is now a free man.
On Monday morning, after 12 years in prison, Gary P. Wolken, 49, walked out of the Western Missouri Correctional Center in the small town of Cameron. That has some in the community worried.

http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/prison-release-of-former-priests-raises-questions-for-catholic-church/article_682c4a7d-62e4-57f5-aa66-2f675716ef88.html