On September 29, 2020, former Archdiocese of Detroit priest Gary Berthiaume was arrested at his home in Warrendale, Illinois on charges sexually assaulting a teenager at the rectory of Our Lady of Sorrows in Farmington in 1977. The same year, Gerthiaume was arrested for sexually abusing two minors and served six months in the Oakland County Jail before being transferred out of the state of Michigan. On October 19, 2020, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Berthiaume with second-degree sexual assault, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted. On December 2, 2020, Assistant Attorney General Danielle Russo Bennetts stated during a pre-trial hearing that further investigation revealed that Berthiaume had two other possible sex abuse victims. 47th District Judge James Brady also denied Berthiaume, who had living at a hotel in Brighton after posting a $50,000 bond, the right to leave Michigan before the outcome of his trial, agreeing with the prosecution's argument that his previous convictions made him a flight risk.