Now on probation for the original 2011 charges, busted in 2014 for child porn & videotaping boys in a locker room ... Name: Richard James Kurtz Age: 67 School: University of Detroit High School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan Position: Chemistry teacher Victim: Boy, age not specified Our Colorado News (21 Nov 2011): Priest charged with sexual assault on child: Suspect is from Society of Jesus Chicago-Detroit Province The Denver Channel (21 Nov 2011): Priest Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Boy In Colo. NBC Chicago (21 Nov 2011): Chicago Priest Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges Chicago Sun Times (21 Nov 2011): Jesuit arrested in Chicago for alleged sex assault in Colo. Chicago Sun Times (21 Nov 2011): Jesuit arrested in Chicago for alleged sex assault in Colo. Chicago Tribune (21 Nov 2011): Jesuit arrested on sex assault charges in Colo. ABC Local WLS (21 Nov 2011): Priest arrested in Chicago for alleged sex assault in Colo. WGN TV (21 Nov 2011): Priest arrested on charge of sexual assault on boy Detroit Free Press (21 Nov 2011): Catholic priest arrested, charged with sexually assaulting boy 9 News (21 Nov 2011): Detroit priest arrested, accused of sexual assault in Douglas County Detroit News (21 Nov 2011): Priest who taught in Detroit accused of molesting minor in '01 Huffington Post (21 Nov 2011): Richard James Kurtz, Jesuit Priest, Arrested On Decade-Old Sexual Assault Charges AP News (21 Nov 2011): Jesuit arrested on sex assault charges in Colo. Westword Blog (22 Nov 2011): Father Richard James Kurtz, Jesuit priest, busted in alleged 2001 sex assault on minor Denver Post (22 Nov 2011): Chicago Catholic priest arrested, charged in alleged Douglas County child sexual assault Chicago Tribune (22 Nov 2011): Jesuit charged with decade-old sexual assault Reuters (22 Nov 2011): Jesuit charged with decade-old sexual assaultPriest arrested on charge of sexual assault on boy Detroit News (22 Nov 2011): Former Detroit Jesuit teacher arrested on sex assault charges in Colorado mlive.com (22 Nov 2011): Ex-University of Detroit Jesuit chemistry teacher arrested for 2001 sexual assault of boy WLS 890 (23 Nov 2011): SNAP: Priest nabbed on sexual assault charges lives at Loyola
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Feds: Ex-Jesuit teacher videotaped boys in locker room Two years after pleading guilty to molesting a student, a priest and former teacher at an all-boys Catholic high school in Detroit is facing new legal troubles — this time for allegedly videotaping hockey players while they were changing in a locker room. Richard James Kurtz, 69, a Jesuit priest and former chemistry teacher at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, was charged in U.S. District Court Monday with producing, possessing and transporting child pornography. The charges stem from crimes he allegedly committed 15 years ago, during the 1998-99 hockey season at U-D Jesuit. Continue reading... http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...09/29/teacher-videotape-locker-room/16445407/
Jesuit Priest, Former Teacher Charged with Child Porn Already on probation for child molestation, a Jesuit priest was charged in U.S. District Court Monday with child pornography offenses for allegedly videotaping hockey players in a changing room 15 years ago at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, where he was a chemistry teacher. Richard James Kurtz, 69, was charged with producing, possessing and transporting child pornography, the Detroit Free Press, WXYZ-TV, WWJ/CBS and other metro Detroit media report. Kurtz allegedly made the videotapes during the 1998-99 hockey season. Combined, the charges are punishable by up to 60 years in prison. Continue reading... http://patch.com/michigan/bloomfield-mi/jesuit-priest-former-teacher-charged-child-porn#.VCryMSldUZc
Priest Arrested At Home For Wayward Clergy In Dittmer The Rev. Richard Kurtz is accused of secretly recording hockey players in the locker room at University of Detroit Jesuit High School during the 1998-99 season. He was a teacher years ago at the all-boys school. A St. Louis federal judge refused to release Kurtz with an electronic monitor Wednesday. He was arrested Monday at a center for wayward clergy in Dittmer, Missouri. Continue reading... http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/10/01/priest-arrested-at-home-for-wayward-clergy-in-dittmer/
Ex-Jesuit priest, teacher stays locked up in child porn case A judge has refused to release a priest who is accused of secretly recording hockey players in the locker room at a Detroit school in the late 1990s ... Federal Judge Stephen Murphy III refused to grant bond to Kurtz on Thursday, saying he's a threat to the public. Continue reading... http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...higan-priest-videotape-boys-scandal/17421933/