Sex charge dropped after church decides to return Iowa priest to home country

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Omaha World HeraldUpdated

A charge of soliciting prostitution has been dropped against a southwest Iowa priest after the Catholic Church decided to return him to his home country of Ghana, according to a prosecutor and court documents.

Dominic Yamoah, now 41, was arrested in Fremont County on July 9; authorities accused him of offering to purchase the services of a confidential informant for a sex act.

The Diocese of Des Moines said in a statement after the arrest that Yamoah “very sincerely regrets his actions” and that it had suspended him from public ministry, according to the Associated Press. Yamoah, who was released on bail, had been a pastor of churches in Clarinda, Bedford and Villisca.

4 Responses to Sex charge dropped after church decides to return Iowa priest to home country

  1. Sylvia says:

    And then what? Soliciting in Ghana? or, defrocked? It should be the latter, no?

    Actually, on second though, possibly both? But at least if defrocked he’s not a priest out on the streets soliciting and thereby destroying the trust and faith of the flock.

  2. Mike Fitzgerald says:

    Jose Silva all over again! Like Yogi Berra said, “it’s like deja vu all over again”. Mike.

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