The St. Louis Review has written an excellent article about the exoneration of Fr. Joseph:

http://stlouisreview.com/article/2017-04-06/jury-rules-favor-fr

Friends of Fr. Joseph, I just arrived home from the trial of Fr. Joseph. A Lincoln County jury just exonerated him on all counts by a margin of 10-2. This is wonderful news.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jury-sides-with-st-louis-archdiocese-suspended-priest-in-civil/article_d5608f32-ed62-56c3-b013-1798e6caf32b.html

Friends,

Today went well I think.  Father finished his testimony and the Archbishop testified again.  Both were clear and credible.  Tomorrow will be the closing arguments and the jury will begin deliberating.  Bill and I will go out for the morning, and you are welcome to go at any point of the day.  They usually break around 12:30 for lunch and I have no idea how long it will take the jury to decide.  Thank you again for all your prayers for the jury, and the accuser and her family.

Blessings, Lucy

Lucy and I plan to attend Father Joseph's civil trial on Monday and it is expected that the Archbishop will testify at that time.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article last night which contains Fr. Joseph's first public denial of all crimes.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/the-rev-jiang-denies-inappropriate-contact-with-lincoln-county-teenager/article_ab6c87c6-7056-55d5-a86b-7ba1f7b537b7.html

Friends of Fr. Jiang,

I wanted to alert friends of Father Joseph that a civil trial involving Fr. Joseph began today. Here are links to news stories concerning this trial. I am hoping that Father finally gets to speak in public defense of his own innocence against these false accusations! Please keep Fr. Joseph in your prayers as this trial proceeds! I will post whatever comes to light on the Friends of Fr. Joseph blog during the upcoming weeks.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/civil-trial-alleging-st-louis-archbishop-knew-priest-was-dangerous/article_767e050a-773b-5dff-9028-c14742124144.html

http://fox2now.com/2017/03/27/family-sues-archdiocese-for-failure-to-remove-accused-priest/

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/charges-dropped-against-st-louis-priest-accused-of-abuse/article_e33e15e1-c73c-5518-9d96-c57860776897.html

Dear Friends of Fr. Jiang,
This excellent article by Post reporter Lilly Fowler accurately sums up Fr. Jiang's current situation. In the article Father's attorney proclaims the falseness of the charges against Father. The article also notes that Father Jiang passed an extensive battery of polygraph tests that attest to his complete innocence of any such crimes during his entire life. Please feel free to register your support of Father in the comment section below the article!