Beine Defrocked by the Vatican
Date Published:
05/19/2005
Publication: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis MO)
Former school counselor and Roman Catholic priest James Beine has been defrocked by the Vatican, the St. Louis Archdiocese announced Thursday. James Beine’s name was on a list of just under 12 priests submitted to the Vatican in October of 2003, Archdiocesan spokesman Jamie Allman said by telephone Thursday.
The Archdiocese submitted Beine’s name ”for the welfare of all children and for the welfare of the Church,” according to a news release.
”James Beine had credible allegations of sexual abuse