There’s nothing wrong with booking stays in hotels.
There’s nothing wrong with a bonus for work well done.
There’s nothing wrong with taking flying lessons.
There’s nothing wrong with any of those items as long as you are able to pay for them with your own money.
Monsignor Kurt Kemo, the former vicar general of the Diocese of Steubenville, was reminded of that in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court Wednesday, when he admitted to diverting nearly $300,000 in diocesan funds for his own use, including the things mentioned above.
And, while stealing from his employer was bad enough, the money Kemo helped to divert had been donated to the church in good faith by its parishioners, including funds intended for various projects in the diocese and for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, an organization that serves missionaries and the poorest of the poor around the world. It also led to others who depended on the diocese for employment to lose their jobs and to auster
Assailant sought
State police charged that Aaron Doyle assaulted a woman in a guest room at Ramada Inn, 1395 Wayne Ave., on March 22 and has eluded arrest on a criminal complaint filed at Clymer District Court.
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Christie Marks, of Kittanning, told troopers that she rented the room with funds from her stimulus check and stayed there with Doyle, her fiance, until he became paranoid and argumentative with her and she attempted to leave the room.
Doyle, 35, threw Marks into a table, punched her face and choked her before Marks used pepper spray on him.
According to a complaint, Doyle wiped the pepper spray from his face with his T-shirt and smeared the irritant on Marksâ face and eyes.
Staff writer
Linda Harris
ARRAIGNED â The Rev. David R. Morrier, 59, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to rape and two counts of sexual battery during his arraignment in Jefferson Common Pleas Court.
STEUBENVILLE The Franciscan friar under indictment for the alleged rape of a woman he counseled nearly a decade ago entered a “not guilty” plea Wednesday in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court.
The Rev. David R. Morrier, indicted April 7 on charges of rape and two counts of sexual battery of a student at Franciscan University of Steubenville, made his initial appearance in front of Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzeze.
lharris@heraldstaronline.com
ARRAIGNED The Rev. David R. Morrier, 59, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to rape and two counts of sexual battery during his arraignment in Jefferson Common Pleas Court. Linda Harris
STEUBENVILLE The Franciscan friar under indictment for the alleged rape of a woman he counseled nearly a decade ago entered a “not guilty” plea Wednesday in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court.
The Rev. David R. Morrier, who was indicted April 7 on charges of rape and two counts of sexual battery of a student at Franciscan University of Steubenville, made his initial appearance in front of Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzeze.
lharris@heraldstaronline.com
TRIAL â Jason Twiley, charged with the August 2019 shooting death of Brittany Littlejohn and attempting to burn her house down, consults with his attorney Tuesday in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court. Linda Harris
STEUBENVILLE Cheryl Reid struggled to maintain her composure Tuesday as she told jurors tasked with deciding the fate of accused murderer Jason Twiley about the last time she saw her daughter, Brittany Littlejohn, alive.
It was Aug. 10, 2019, two days before her daughter’s body would be found, naked and stuffed headfirst in a garbage can in a garage on Maxwell Avenue, covered only by a red sheet.