Arrested Louisiana priest was accused of ‘inappropriately touching a child’, report says

Korey LaVergne was jailed on three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile and was released after posting bail

The arrest of a Roman Catholic priest in south-west Louisiana occurred after local authorities were told that the clergyman had inappropriately touched a child" over the course of a year, according to investigators' initial report on the case.

The Guardian obtained the report Friday through a public records request, a week after the sheriff's office of Acadia parish, Louisiana, booked Korey LaVergne with three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.