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The San Jose Mercury News reports:
Stephen Kiesle, the ex-Oakland priest and sex offender, allegedly admitted to drinking two beers before rolling his car over a curb and fatally striking a man who was walking home with his wife, court records show.
Kiesle, 75, told an officer he drank “a homemade ale and a Pacifico” beer before driving his 2012 Lexus RX350. Police say the Lexus ran over a curb, killing 64-year-old Curtis Gunn and injuring his wife.
Four days later, prosecutors filed manslaughter and drunk driving charges against Kiesle, and bail was set at $600,000. In court records, a Walnut Creek policeman wrote that when officers responded to the crash, Kiesle was trapped in his Lexus and required extraction. He was the only person in his car.
San Francisco’s NBC News affiliate reports:
Kiesle, who served six years in prison after pleading no contest to molesting a young girl in 1995, was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility Saturday night on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI, according to booking records.
Beyond Kiesle’s criminal history, the priest has been named in dozens of lawsuits accusing him of sexually abusing minors, including several new lawsuits in recent years.
Internal church documents show church officials knew about the accusations against Kiesle for years but failed to act, likely leading to the abuse of more children. Even after being arrested and convicted for tying up and molesting two boys in 1978, the church allowed Kiesle to continue working. He was not defrocked until 1987.
The DUI incident happened over two weeks ago and more information about Kiesle’s past has come to light.
Some strange revelations in the Stephen Kiesle manslaughter case. Kiesle and his two victims were trivia teammates a week earlier, and took home a second-place prize. Kiesle allegedly admitted to drinking a homebrew and a Pacifico before the crash: https://t.co/1pGyO2RUBO
— Nate Gartrell (@NateGartrell) May 3, 2022