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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...