7.11.19

Private pilot from Wrangell killed in crash near Ketchikan, troopers say

Michael Nash, 68-year-old Wrangell attorney. Was on a private flight and was the only person in the wheeled Piper PA-24 Comanche when it crashed at about 400 feet on the north side of Judy Hill, troopers said late Thursday.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/aviation/2019/07/12/private-pilot-from-wrangell-killed-in-crash-near-ketchikan-troopers-say/

7.29.2011

Supreme Court of Alaska.

IN RE: Michael P. NASH, Applicant to the Alaska Bar Association.

Based on a negative moral character determination, the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association denied an application to the Alaska Bar.

Michael Nash, currently 60 years old, was a priest in Southeast Alaska for the better part of the 25 years between 1980 and 2005. He was based in larger communities—Juneau and Ketchikan—and often served smaller communities by plane. During the 1980s Nash often took trips and brought boys along on the trips. These trips included local travel in Southeast Alaska and more extensive travel to such destinations as San Francisco and Hawaii.

tickling the boys, having them do calisthenics in their underwear, spanking them, and receiving foot and neck massages from them.

Admitting to the acts and their inappropriateness, Nash stated that the discipline was of the kind he had received as a child at Catholic summer camp. A Juneau teacher who worked with youth at the time of Nash's actions stated that it was then common to discipline children in such a manner. The church looked into the matter and concluded that the behavior was “horse play.” Nash said the tickling was used in place of spanking. He claims that he did not receive any sexual gratification from the behavior, but now recognizes that it was inappropriate.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ak-supreme-court/1576133.html

8.30.2007

High Court to Hear Plea of Accused Ex-Priest

Michael Nash, Who Faced Sex-Abuse Allegations, Wants to Practice Law in Iowa

Iowa — A former Alaska priest accused of sexual abuse and denied admission to Iowa's bar in 2006 will fight before Iowa's high court today for his right to practice law in the state.

Michael Patrick Nash, 57, a 2006 Creighton Law School graduate, formally left the priesthood in 2005 following accusations that he had sexually abused boys in remote areas of the Juneau Archdiocese in the 1980s.

In legal briefs, his attorney contends that the Iowa Board of Law Examiners erred in its refusal to admit him to the Iowa Bar Association. The board counters that Nash's admitted acts against the boys, which included requesting foot and neck massages and making them do calisthenics in their underwear as punishment for misbehavior, "raise character concerns adequate to deny him permission to practice in Iowa.”

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070830/NEWS01/708300391/-1/SPORTS12