The U.S. Marshals knew former priest Wilputte Sherwood didn’t have a prayer of staying on the lamb forever.
Bay City News Service
A fugitive former Catholic priest convicted in 1993 of sexually abusing underage boys in Arizona was arrested while leaving church Sunday in San Francisco’s Castro District, federal authorities announced today.
Wilputte Alanson Sherwood, 63, had been sought for fleeing his probation out of the Phoenix area in 2005. He was subsequently named the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department’s most wanted sex offender, the U.S. Marshals Service reported.
U.S. Marshals spokesman Matt Hershey said Sherwood’s capture was considered a high priority for the service, which is tasked with tracking down unregistered sex offenders under the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.
Hershey said reports out of Arizona alleged Sherwood may have had sexual encounters with thousands of individuals, including hitchhikers and runaways.
“We would consider him a major case,” Hershey said.
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