February 05, 2010
Priest Faces Sex Assault Charge
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- A visiting Catholic priest is expected to be charged next week with sexually assaulting a local woman he was counseling through a divorce. The 47-year-old woman told investigators the Rev. Edmund Donkor-Baine in August forced her to touch his genitals and grabbed her breast, both through clothing, while the pair talked inside her vehicle in the town of Shelby, according to the La Crosse County Sheriff's Department report. Donkor-Baine, 47, was arrested Jan. 25 and will appear Feb. 11 in La Crosse County Circuit Court on a charge of fourth-degree sexual assault. The misdemeanor carries a maximum penalty of nine months in jail. The Diocese of La Crosse launched an investigation after the woman reported the assault in September, said diocese attorney Jim Birnbaum. Donkor-Baine denied the offense.Click Here For The Full Story......