Priest Pleads Guilty in Death of Drunk Athlete
From Times Wire Reports
A Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty and was placed on probation for giving alcohol to a University of Pittsburgh football player who died after falling through a church ceiling while drunk.
Father Henry Krawczyk was the only adult of legal drinking age at a cookout on church grounds that he held in the hours before the death of Billy Gaines, 19.
On the day his trial was to begin,Krawczyk, 52, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and furnishing alcohol to minors.
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