September 25, 2009
Appeals Run Out On Fushek Trials
PHOENIX -- Prosecutors have exhausted all appeals of a lower-court ruling that an excommunicated Roman Catholic priest is entitled to five separate trials on misdemeanor sex charges. Nearly five years after former Monsignor Dale Fushek was charged in December 2005 with sexual misconduct, the one- time second-highest ranking official in the Diocese of Phoenix has not been convicted of any crime. In the latest rulings, the Arizona Supreme Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals both denied review of special actions filed by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.Click Here For The Full Story......