Vegas Priest Sought in Sexual Assault of Woman
Pastor Dale Morgan
Vegas Priest Sought in Sexual Assault of Woman*
Saturday January 27, 2007 3:16 PM
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Police were searching for a Catholic priest they
believe may have sexually assaulted and struck a woman at a church.
Authorities said they were called to Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic
Church on Friday evening by someone who heard a woman in the church
screaming for help.
Officers found a church employee who said she had been sexually
assaulted and hit in the head with an object by a priest. Investigators
consider the Rev. George Chaanine a person of interest, police spokesman
Bill Cassell said.
Police closed the grounds of the church, which is about four miles west
of the Las Vegas Strip, for about an hour while they searched for Chaanine.
They believe the priest is driving a cream-colored Buick LeSabre.
The victim is being treated at University Medical Center.