Gary L. Hermesch drove to the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office and confessed to shooting Father Raj B. "Arul" Carasala. Hermesch's handgun with three spent rounds was recovered from his vehicle.

Gary L. Hermesch, 66, is charged with the premeditated first-degree murder of Catholic priest Raj B. "Arul" Carasala. Hermesch's preliminary hearing, originally scheduled for April 15, has been ...

Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested and later charged with first-degree murder following the shooting. Gary Hermesch’s mugshot. (Photo Courtesy/Jackson County Sheriff’s Office ...

KSHB 41 News was one of several media outlets to request a Kansas District Court judge unseal the criminal affidavit filed in support of first-degree murder charges against Gary L. Hermesch.

Court documents say Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived at the Nemaha Co. Sheriff’s Office shortly after dispatch was informed of the shooting. He allegedly got out of his vehicle and ...

Soon after Catholic priest Raj B. "Arul" Carasala was fatally shot April 3 at his rectory in Seneca, Gary L. Hermesch pulled up to the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office, got out of his Ford Explorer ...

Gary Lee Hermesch was arrested April 3, 2025, after allegedly pulling up behind the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office and telling an undersheriff he had just shot Father Arul Carasala and needed to ...

Gary Hermesch was taken into custody last week at the Nemaha County Jail and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of Father Arul Carasala.

Inset, left to right: Arul Carasala (Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann) and Gary L. Hermesch (Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office). Background: Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church (Google Maps).

Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma was arrested and later charged with first-degree murder following the shooting. Sheriff Richard Vernon with the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office said he was ...

Gary Hermesch, 66, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the fatal shooting of Father Arul Carasala, 57, found with gunshot wounds outside the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic ...