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Friday 1 april 2022
7 hurt in Arkansas tornado as storms move into Deep South

Associated Press the back of the house.'"
Severe storms that includ- Adams said the storm top-
ed at least two confirmed pled trees in a nearby park,
tornadoes injured several and a large tree across the
people Wednesday, dam- street from their house split
aged homes and business- in half. "We were blessed,"
es and downed power lines he said. "Instead of falling
in Mississippi and Tennessee toward the house, it fell the
after they spread dam- other way."
age in Arkansas, Missouri Earlier Wednesday, a tor-
and Texas overnight before nado that struck Spring-
moving to the Deep South. dale, Arkansas, and the
No deaths had been re- adjoining town of Johnson,
ported from the storms as about 145 miles (235 kilo-
of Wednesday evening, of- meters) northwest of Little
ficials said. Rock, about 4 a.m. injured
About 185,000 custom- seven people, two critical-
ers were without electric- ly, said Washington County,
ity Thursday morning in the Arkansas, Emergency Man-
wake of the storm along a agement Director John Lu-
band of states: Mississippi ther. He had no additional
and Alabama, Tennessee information about them.
and Kentucky, Indiana and The Mississippi Department of Transportation digital message board warns drivers along I-55 south- The National Weather Ser-
Ohio and Michigan, ac- bound in Jackson of a tornado warning during a rainstorm during the outbreak of severe weather vice said that tornado
cording to poweroutage. in the state, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. would be rated "at least EF-
us, which tracks utilities. Associated Press 2," which would mean wind
But widespread damage speeds reached 111-135
was reported in the Jack- town hotel Wednesday through Southaven, Missis- near downtown Jackson mph (178-217 kph).
son, Tennessee, area as a evening and onto a roof of sippi, near Memphis, po- when severe weather blew "Search and rescue teams
tornado warning was in ef- a building below. The fire lice said. The building had through during a tornado have been deployed, as
fect. "Significant damage" department warned the been evacuated and no warning Wednesday after- there are significant dam-
occurred to a nursing home debris could become air- injuries were reported. noon. He said their lights ages and injuries," Arkansas
near Jackson-Madison borne as high winds contin- The Mississippi Senate sus- flashed and they heard a Gov. Asa Hutchinson said.
County General Hospital ued, and some hotel guests pended its work as weather loud whistling noise. In northwest Missouri, an
and the Madison County were moved to other parts sirens blared during a tor- As his wife tried to open EF-1 tornado with wind
Sheriff's Office in Jackson, of the building due to con- nado watch in downtown their front door, a large win- speeds around 90 mph
said Madison County Emer- cerns that the roof would Jackson. Some employees dow exploded a few feet (145 kph) struck St. Joseph
gency Management Direc- become unstable. No inju- took shelter in the Capitol from her. on Tuesday night, accord-
tor Jason Moore. ries were immediately as- basement. "The glass broke just as if ing to the weather service.
In Nashville, Tennessee, sociated with the collapse. Rander P. Adams said his someone threw a brick That tornado damaged
paneling fell five stories A warehouse roof col- and his wife, Janice Delores through it," he said. "I ad- two homes, but no injuries
from the side of a down- lapsed as the storms moved Adams, were in their home vised her then, 'Let's go to were reported there.q

Defrocked priest, 84, gets house arrest for lying to FBI

and his family. lawsuit against the Archdi- some jail time.
Robert Brennan, of Per- ocese after his death, and Still, she said, "it was the first
ryville, Maryland, was or- settled for an undisclosed time we had an opportuni-
dered to spend the first amount. ty to face him and read an
two years on house arrest. When federal investigators impact statement."
Under a plea agreement, examined the issue, and A public defender repre-
he admitted he lied to the visited Brennan, he said he senting Brennan did not im-
FBI when agents visited his did not know McIlmail de- mediately return messages
home in 2019 as part of a spite pictures of them to- seeking comment Thurs-
broader federal probe of gether. day.
priest abuse in Pennsylva- The McIlmails, who at- In Pennsylvania alone,
nia. tended Thursday's sentenc- at least four prosecutors
Brennan had been named ing, said they were disap- have conducted sweep-
in more than 20 abuse pointed but not surprised ing investigations into child
complaints during his given the plea agreement sexual abuse within the Ro-
Attorneys Dan Monahan, at podium, and Marcia Hamilton, cen- long church career, and that Brennan reached with man Catholic church, only
ter right, take part during a news conference with the family of Philadelphia prosecutors prosecutors last year. to find most complaints too
Sean McIlmail, brother Michael McIlmail, left, mother Debbie
McIlmail, second right, and sister Kaitlyn McIlmail Wednesday, charged him in 2013 with "I'm disappointed because old to lead to charges.
Nov. 13, 2013, in Philadelphia. raping former altar boy it just continues to show The Associated Press does
Associated Press Sean McIlmail in 1998. How- how the church and the not typically identify people
ever, those charges were courts .... are not in favor who say they are the vic-
By MARYCLAIRE DALE priest was sentenced to five dropped when the 26-year- of the victim," said Debbie tims of sexual assault with-
Associated Press years of probation for lying old McIlmail died of a drug McIlmail of Willow Grove, out their permission, which
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An to the FBI about whether overdose before trial. Sean's mother, who hoped Debbie McIlmail granted
84-year-old defrocked he knew a former altar boy His family instead filed a civil Brennan would get at least on her son's behalf.q