Legal Opinion
Pagano v. Hadley
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 9, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-381PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STAPLETON, District Judge.
This is a case about mistaken identity. It began with the arrest of Father Bernard T. Pagano, a Catholic priest, on February 27, 1979. Police charged that Father Pagano, in addition to serving the parishoners of St. Mary’s Refuge of Sinners Church in Cambridge, Maryland, led a secret life as the “Gentleman Bandit” responsible for a series of liquor store holdups in the Wilmington area. After arresting Pagano, Delaware State Police officers brought him before Justice of the Peace John H. Wilding for arraignment. Wilding ordered the priest committed to Delaware…
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