St. Louis priest arrested in FBI sex sting

July 31, 2009

Father James Grady, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, has been charged with attempting to obtain a minor for a commercial sex act after he exchanged e-mails with an FBI undercover agent pretending to be a 16-year-old girl. When Father Grady, 57, went to the agreed-upon location, he was arrested.

Now suspended by Archbishop Robert Carlson, Father Grady had been pastor of a parish with a K-8 school.

 

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Further information:

• Catholic priest busted in sex sting in St. Louis County (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• St. Raphael The Archangel Catholic Parish