Photo: Supplied via ReutersA fugitive former Catholic priest who fled to Italy and vanished after being indicted on child sex charges in Arizona in 2003 has been found and returned to Arizona, authorities said on Friday. Joseph Henn, 70, was arrested in Rome by Italian police late last month and brought back to Phoenix by US marshals to face charges of child molestation and sexual conduct with a minor, Arizona prosecutors said. At the time of his indictment, Henn was the ninth Phoenix-area priest to face sex abuse charges, part of a sweeping church scandal that began in Boston in 2002. Henn was formally arraigned on the 13 charges on Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. He was found and arrested by Italian authorities in 2005 and placed under house arrest at the headquarters of his religious order.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 15, 2019 02:15 UTC