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>>> BREAKING TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SPARKED A MAJOR HOUSE
FIRE IN STANLEY COUNTY.
THIS HAPPENED ON STRAWBERRY
LANE IN STANFIELD EARLIER THIS
EVENING, SEVERAL FIRE CREWS
WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE.
RIGHT NOW IT IS UNCLEAR IF
THERE WERE ANY INJURIES.
WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT FOR
MORE INFORMATION TONIGHT.
>>> NOW TO A STORE YOU WILL SEE
ONLY HERE, OR ALTAR BOY
BREAKING HIS SILENCE ABOUT THE
ABUSE HE SAYS HE SUFFERED AT
THE HANDS OF THE CATHOLIC
PRIEST.
A PRIEST ADMITTED IN NEVER
BLISSFUL OR NEVER BEFORE SEEN
VIDEO, HE ONCE ATTENDED THERAPY
BUT DENIED EVER SEXUALLY
ABUSING CHILDREN.
OUR DISCOVERY COMES AS WORLD
CATHOLIC LEADERS ARE IN ROME
TONIGHT OR THIS START OF THE
SEX ABUSE SUMMIT.
A MEETING THAT WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER THE DIOCESE OF
CHARLOTTE RELEASES A LIST OF
CREDIBLY ACCUSED PRIESTS HERE
AND WHO WILL END UP ON THAT
LIST.
NATHAN JOINS US NOW, AND A
WARNING, HIS STORY INCLUDES
ADULT CONTENT.
>> Reporter: THE PRIEST IN
QUESTION IS BELIEVED TO BE IN
FLORIDA NOW BUT OVER TWO
DECADES WORKING SEVERAL
CHARLOTTE AREA CHURCHES AND AT
THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
WHILE HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO
TRACK THIS PUBLICLY ANYMORE, HE
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WHILE HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO TRACK THIS PUBLICLY ANYMORE, HE IS TECHNICALLY STILL A PRIEST.
>> HE PULLED THE TOWEL DOWN.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE STILL
IS FILLED WITH ANGER OR ANGER,
HE AND RANGE, MORE THAN 30
YEARS AFTER HE SAYS HE WAS
SEXUALLY ABUSED AS A TEAM.
>> IT NEVER GOES AWAY.
AND WE BURY THIS PAIN.
MY LIFE HAS BEEN A SERIES OF
PROBLEMS.
>> Reporter: EVENTUALLY REACHED
OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
THE EARLY 2000'S, ONLY AFTER A
DETECTIVE OPENED A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION INTO A SEPARATE
ALLEGATION INVOLVING THE
PRIEST.
AND MADE PUBLIC PLEA FOR MORE
VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD.
THEN INVESTIGATIONS OF LIGHT TO
TWO CHARGES OF INDECENT
LIBERTIES WITH A CHILD IN ROWAN
COUNTY AND THEN A PLEA
AGREEMENT.
>> THEY DISMISSED THE CHARGES,
BECAUSE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
>> Reporter: HE PLEADED NO
CONTEST TO ONE LESSER CHARGE OF
CONTRIBUTING TO THE
DELIBERATIVE A MINOR BUT DID
NOT ADMIT TO GUILT.
HE RECEIVED PROBATION.
>> I THINK THAT IS ABOUT
CELIBACY.
>> Reporter: IN THE YEARS
LATER, THEY FILED THIS LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE DIOCESE OF
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LATER, THEY FILED THIS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE.
DUE TO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
IT WAS DISMISSED.
AS PART OF THE LAWSUIT, SECURED
CHURCH FILES IN THIS VIDEO
DEPOSITION IN 2013.
WHILE HE DENIED EVER CROSSING
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DEPOSITION IN 2013. WHILE HE DENIED EVER CROSSING THE LINE WITH CHILDREN, HE
ADMITTED HE TOOK IT UPON
HIMSELF TO ATTEND SEX AND LOVE
ADDICTS ANONYMOUS DURING HIS +@
TIME AT A MASSACHUSETTS
TREATMENT FACILITY OR PRIEST,
WITH A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS.
THE DICEY SENT HIM THERE IN 1985
FOR FOUR MONTHS.
HE SAYS TO TREAT DEPRESSION.
NOT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND NOT
SEX ADDICTION.
HE SAID HE EVENTUALLY QUIT
BECAUSE HE DID NOT FIND IT
BENEFICIAL.
AND CANNOT IDENTIFY WITH THE
THERAPIES THING HIS ISSUE WAS
WITH FRIENDSHIPS, NOT SEXUAL OR
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.
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WITH FRIENDSHIPS, NOT SEXUAL OR ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS. >> WHAT PROBLEM DID YOU HAVE IN
MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS?
>> I'M REALLY NOT SURE, BUT I
KNOW I HAD A PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: LONG BEFORE, THE
DIOCESE FOR BIT HIM FROM
PRESENTING HIMSELF AS A PRIEST
IN 2002, MEANING HE CAN NO
LONGER WHERE THE CALLER AND
BLACK CLOTHING.
IN A LETTER SENT TO THE
DIOCESE, HE CALLED IT COMPLETE
AND UTTER LIES INTO THE MAN WAS
MOTIVATED BY THE SHEER GREED OF
WANTING MONETARY REWARD FOR HIS
DECEIT.
AS FOR THE CRIMINAL CASE, IN
ANOTHER LETTER, HIS ATTORNEY
SAID, WHILE HE DENIED THE
ALLEGATIONS, HE CHOSE TO PLEAD
NO CONTEST IN THAT CASE BECAUSE
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A
CONVICTION, AND ALSO, BECAUSE
OF THE REDUCED LIFE EXPECTANCY
OF A PRIEST IN PRISON.
WE REACHED OUT TO HIS ATTORNEY
MULTIPLE