SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Father Leo Riley, a local priest facing charges in Dubuque, Iowa, has bonded out of jail in Charlotte County. Part of the conditions of his release on bond is that he must return to Iowa to face charges.
Detectives from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Major Case Unit worked with the Dubuque, Iowa Police Department to arrest Leo P. Riley at his Port Charlotte home las Wednesday.
The Dubuque Police Department had developed probable cause for five counts of capital sexual battery within their jurisdiction.
Riley was a past priest at the Resurrection Church in Dubuque, Iowa. In Charlotte County, he was a Priest at Saint Charles Borromeo in Port Charlotte in the early 2000′s, and is currently assigned to San Antonio Catholic Church, also in Port Charlotte.
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