Ex-N.H. priest molested Va. girl
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A former West Virginia priest who once worked in New Hampshire has been sentenced on a conviction of sexually molesting a girl.
Fairfax County Virginia Circuit Judge Michael Devine sentenced Felix Owino yesterday to five years, but suspended all but nine months of the sentence, according to the court clerk's office. Owino already has served seven months.
Owino pleaded guilty in September to aggravated sexual battery. Prosecutors said Owino was drinking the night he inappropriately touched the 11-year-old girl in Virginia.
Before his arrest in July, Owino served as an associate pastor at a Roman Catholic church in Weirton, W.Va. He also taught at Wheeling Jesuit University the past two years.
Prior to that, Owino worked as a chaplain at Magdalen College in Warner between 2005 and 2007.
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We applaud the little girl and her mother for calling the police and helping prosecutors get this child predator away from kids, although we are disappointed the judge did not sentence Owino for more time.
Now more than ever, we urge anyone else who has knowledge or has been abused by this priest to contact law enforcement so that kids can be safer.
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests"
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We applaud the little girl and her mother for calling the police and helping prosecutors get this child predator away from kids, although we are disappointed the judge did not sentence Owino for more time.
Now more than ever, we urge anyone else who has knowledge or has been abused by this priest to contact law enforcement so that kids can be safer.
Owino worked in four dioceses (Pittsburgh PA, Allentown PA, Manchester NH and Wheeling WV) and spent time at three Catholic colleges ( Duquesne University, Magdalen College and Wheeling Jesuit College). His last assignment was pastor of St Paul's parish in Weirton, WV.
Owino is a native of Nairobi, Kenya. His photo and work history is available at http://www.bishopaccountability.org/assign/Owino_Felix_aj.htm
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We've been around for 22 years and have more than 10,000 members. Despite the word "priest" in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)
Contact: Judy Jones, (636-433-2511, snapjudy@gmail.com)
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