Man of God — and accused sexual abuser — in and out of prison

​Missouri man accused of telling young women that he needed to touch their pubic areas in order to release sinful spirits gathered there was arrested Friday after violating the conditions of his release laid down by a Vermont district court judge.

Paul Cool, 49, originally pleaded innocent to three counts of felony lewd and lascivious conduct on December 1. Cool allegedly told his accusers, all young women, that he was a priest.

According to the Survivor’s Network of Those Abused by Priests, Cool was ordained an elder in the Vermont Mormon Church.