Attorney denies priest admitted abuse

Fairbanks, Alaska -

The Rev. James Poole admitted to sexually abusing young girls in a deposition he gave last year, according to the lawyer for two of the three women who have made claims against the former Catholic priest and the Fairbanks Diocese.

In arguments in Bethel Superior Court last week, attorney Ken Roosa said Poole admitted to molesting Jane Doe 1, among others, and called himself "the great lover of the world" while answering questions under oath in September.

But an attorney representing Poole later denied some of the statements Roosa attributed to the priest.

While Poole's attorney, Timothy Lynch, confirmed in a written statement that his client admitted french-kissing Jane Doe 1 as a child, he denied several other claims made by Roosa, including that the former Catholic priest molested another child and that he was expelled from Alaska for a year because of other abuse allegations.

Read the article at Anchorage Daily News dated January 30, 2005

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