Paul West, on walker, is escorted by deputies from the Leflore County Civic Center Wednesday after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing a student at St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School in the 1990s. West, a former Franciscan friar, worked as a teacher and then principal at the Catholic school in Greenwood. (By Tim Kalich)
A former Franciscan friar has been found guilty of sexually abusing a grade-school student during the 1990s at a Greenwood Catholic school.
A Leflore County jury deliberated less than an hour Wednesday before finding Paul West guilty of one count of sexual battery and one count of gratification of lust.
