Stokes feels 'sense of responsibility'
Dontee Stokes made national news in May when he took the Catholic church's sex scandal to a new level by shooting and wounding his alleged abuser, the Rev. Maurice J....
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Stokes found not guilty
Dontee D. Stokes, who admitted shooting a Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting him nearly a decade ago, was acquitted last night of attempted murder in a Baltimore trial...
Stokes trial jury selection to begin
There is little dispute about the shooting. Dontee Stokes fired a .357-caliber Magnum three times from close range, hitting a priest he says raped him more than a decade ago....
City finishes investigation of priest accused of abuse
Baltimore authorities have wrapped up a five-month investigation into Roman Catholic priest Maurice J. Blackwell, and are asking for help from the Carroll County state's attorney's office in assessing --...
Man found competent to stand trial in shooting of priest
Dontee D. Stokes, who is accused of shooting a city priest over alleged sexual abuse, has been found competent to stand trial by state psychiatrists, Stokes' lawyer said yesterday. His...
Man says Blackwell raped him in mid-'70s
A Florida man came forward yesterday and said he was repeatedly raped as a teen-ager by the Rev. Maurice J. Blackwell at the rectory of St. Bernardine Roman Catholic Church...
Baltimore judge rejects Stokes' lawyer's attempt to be removed from case
A Baltimore judge rejected yesterday a request by attorney Warren A. Brown to relinquish one of his more noted cases - that involving Dontee Stokes, the man charged with shooting...
Ousted priest did not face Md. charges
A priest ousted from his Roman Catholic church in Connecticut because he was found to have sexually abused boys while working as a pastor in Baltimore was never charged here...
Stokes’ claims to get review
Baltimore prosecutors have opened an investigation into the Rev. Maurice J. Blackwell after a renewed allegation that the clergyman sexually molested Dontee Stokes, the man accused of shooting him last...
Lawyer for priest shooting suspect heckles prosecutors
A lawyer for the man accused of shooting a Baltimore priest launched a shouting tirade yesterday outside the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, saying the city state's attorney is not...