(AP) — A retired Catholic priest has been charged in Missouri with multiple counts of child sexual abuse stemming from a statewide investigation of Catholic priest abuse.
KY3 reports 76-year-old Frederick Lutz was living in Springfield.
He was arrested by Stoddard County authorities.
Lutz is charged with forcible sodomy, sexual abuse and two counts of statutory sodomy.
His bond is set at $125,000 cash only.
No attorney is listed for him in online court records.
He is among 12 former priests that Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt referred for criminal prosecution following a 13-month investigation of religious leaders within the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the dioceses of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Springfield-Cape Girardeau and Jefferson City.
