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Retired Iowa priest found guilty in bathroom privacy case

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December 16th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A retired Catholic priest in western Iowa has been found guilty of five misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy over an incident at a high school track meet in April. The Daily Nonpareil says the Rev. Paul Monahan was found guilty Friday by an associate judge in Council Bluffs. In the Friday ruling, the judge said he found credible the testimony of five male high school students who said Monahan repeatedly entered the high school restroom and looked at their genitals at an open urinal.

The 83-year-old Monahan was suspended in July after the Diocese of Des Moines learned of the investigation. Monahan faces up to two year in prison on each count when he’s sentenced on Jan. 18.