UPDATE: Father Carlos Martins’ Attorney Provides Fuller Context of Church Incident, by Daniel Payn

Editor’s Note: This story was updated with new information from Father Carlos Martins’ attorney on Nov. 26.

Burke said fuller context was missing from initial news reports about the police investigation.

An attorney for the popular podcaster and exorcist Father Carlos Martins says the priest did nothing improper during a parish event in Illinois last week and that initial news reports about an ongoing police investigation into his conduct were incorrect and damaging to his reputation.

Father Martins simply touched a girl’s hair in front of more than 200 other students while making a joke about his own baldness, attorney Marcella Burke said in a statement released to CNA.

The Nov. 21 meeting with students took place “in a classroom setting with teachers, clergy, parish staff, and volunteers present” at St. Paul Catholic Church in Joliet, Illinois, she said. …

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