Sexual Abuse

In 2018, the diocese hired an investigator who had researched allegations of abuse in numerous dioceses and he concluded that the allegations against Hart were credible.

A 49-year-old Wamsutter man will serve the next 74 to 100 years in prison after pleading guilty to 58 child pornography and sexual abuse charges.

Safehouse Services is looking for supplies to give to the victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence.

A 53-year-old Riverton man has been found guilty of six counts of sexual abuse in cases that spanned a 25-year period on the Wind River Indian Reservation, according to a release from Acting U.S. Attorney for Wyoming L. Robert Murray. Dalco Gabriel Whiteman was convicted following a five-day federal jury trial before U...

Bishop Steven Biegler wrote, "These findings do not equate to innocence; rather, a high burden of proof has not been met."

The property owner then set up a trail camera to watch for any unusual activity.

The Diocese of Cheyenne has included Hart on a list of 12 former Cheyenne Catholic clergymen since 1950 who have been substantiated as sexual abusers.

The diocese reported the allegation to the Cheyenne Police Department and is cooperating with its investigation.

Beginning in 1989, several men alleged that Bishop Joseph Hart sexually abused them years earlier when he was a priest in Kansas City and they were boys.

The two-day trial is scheduled to begin April 16 before District Judge Patrick W. Korell.

An Albany County man charged with sexual abuse of a minor was sentenced today in Albany County District Court.

The criminal complaint did not state Wayne Magnan's age, nor did it or other court documents explain how the girls came to bring their allegations against him seven and six years later.