In this photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections is inmate Paul West, in Pearl, Miss., on May 6, 2022. The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, affirmed the 2022 conviction of former Franciscan friar West, in the 1990s sexual abuse of a student at a Catholic school. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Court of Appeals has affirmed the 2022 conviction of a former Franciscan friar in the 1990s sexual abuse of a student at a Catholic school.
