No Prison For Luke Reese

Via WTHR Indianapolis:

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - A former Indianapolis Priest has been sentenced to Community Corrections and home detention for a felony battery conviction.

Father Luke Reese was sentenced to 3-years with two years suspended Friday morning after a scathing rebuke by a Marion County Judge.

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Magistrate Stanley Kroh told Reese he had not taken responsibility for his own actions and saw "absolutely no remorse." Kroh called the former priest a "dangerous person" who fooled a lot of people. Magistrate Kroh said he was heartbroken to read a letter from Reese's adult daughter about her father's behavior behind close doors.

Kroh then warned Reese that any violation would send him directly to prison.

"You are in need of significant mental health counseling. It's time for you to look in the mirror. You are here because of no one but yourself," Kroh said.

In handing down the sentence Kroh noted that the only reason Reese was not leaving the court in custody was because he had no criminal record. Reese showed no reaction to the Magistrate's words.

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