Framing a Priest?

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by Church Militant • ChurchMilitant.com • October 31, 2019

Witness claims pressure, manipulation by Detroit archdiocese to incriminate Fr. Perrone

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In this exclusive interview, James Fortenberry — a friend of the accuser, both who served as altar boys with Fr. Eduard Perrone in their youth — gives evidence of what he claims to be manipulation and pressure by the archdiocese of Detroit to give incriminating statements against the priest, even though Fortenberry had already made clear that he never witnessed or experienced any abuse.

Watch the news report.

Read Fortenberry's affidavit.

Read the archdiocese of Detroit's letter to Fortenberry.

Read the notes from Sgt. Nancy LePage.

Read the press release from Fr. Perrone's attorney.

This letter made James Fortenberry so upset he drove from Alabama to Michigan to give a sworn statement

on behalf of Fr. Eduard Perrone. "The letter was deeply offensive and made me profoundly upset," wrote

Fortenberry in his affidavit.

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