LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — A Catholic priest living in Berrien County is accused of secreting away a teenage boy and holding him against his will in the janitor’s room of St. Margaret’s Church in Otsego.
Father Brian Stanley, 57, of Coloma, was charged Thursday with false imprisonment, according to a news release from the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.
Authorities say the crime occurred in Fall 2013 when Stanley was asked by the victim’s family to help counsel their son.
Stanley immobilized the victim by wrapping him tightly in plastic wrap and using masking tape as additional binding. The boy’s eyes and mouth were also covered, according to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.
Stanley left the victim, bound and alone in the janitor’s room for over an hour before returning and eventually letting him go, according to a news release.
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