Center cites priest's behavior and criminal past. Father Gabriel: 'I'm not backing down'
http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_13679014By MELISSA NANN BURKE
Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 11/03/2009 04:29:39 PM EST
It didn't take long for staff and volunteers at the York office of Planned Parenthood of Central Pennsylvania Inc. to take note of the Rev. Virgil Bradley Tetherow. Tetherow, known as Father Gabriel, first appeared on the sidewalks outside the clinic in the summer of 2008, often dressed in his vestments as if prepared to celebrate Mass....
When they Googled Tetherow's name, Planned Parenthood volunteers learned something else unexpected:
Four and a half years ago, police in Monroe County charged Tetherow with 10 counts of possessing child pornography and 10 counts of criminal use of a communication facility, according to court records.
Tetherow later pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal use of a communication facility -- a felony. The District Attorney's Office dropped the other charges, and a judge sentenced Tetherow to two years' probation....