Priest admits sex acts with boys

The former Damien teacher outlines his conduct in a video

By Rob Perez

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 21, 2013

~~<p>A priest who taught at Damien Memorial School in the early 1980s admitted in a sworn statement last year that he engaged in sexual conduct with teenagers and adolescents in Hawaii and other U.S. locations where he worked, but that he didn't consider his attraction to youth perverted or abnormal, according to portions of his videotaped deposition played Wednesday at a news conference here.</p>
<p>In his September testimony, the Rev. Gerald Funcheon described in detail touching a Hawaii youth in a sexual manner while the two were showering together in a cabin, but the priest said he wasn't aroused, according to the videotape and a transcript of the deposition.</p>
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A priest who taught at Damien Memorial School in the early 1980s admitted in a sworn statement last year that he engaged in sexual conduct with teenagers and adolescents in Hawaii and other U.S. locations where he worked, but that he didn't consider his attraction to youth perverted or abnormal, according to portions of his videotaped deposition played Wednesday at a news conference here.

In his September testimony, the Rev. Gerald Funcheon described in detail touching a Hawaii youth in a sexual manner while the two were showering together in a cabin, but the priest said he wasn't aroused, according to the videotape and a transcript of the deposition. Login for more...