Catholic priest told parole board his sexual misconduct with teen was ‘shameful, inappropriate’
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
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SAGINAW, MI In being interviewed for his prospective parole, a Roman Catholic priest told state officials his sexual misconduct with a teen was “shameful and inappropriate.”
After news broke on Feb. 13 that Robert J. “Father Bob” DeLand Jr., 74, had been approved for parole, MLive-The Saginaw News submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Michigan Department of Corrections for parole board members’ notes, recommendations, and findings.
DeLand in March 2019 pleaded no contest to second-degree criminal sexual conduct, gross indecency between two males, and manufacturing or distributing an imitation controlled substance. By pleading no contest as opposed to guilty, DeLand did not admit to having committed any crime, though presiding Saginaw County Chief Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson treated him as guilty when he sentenced