The Oklahoma man charged in the April 2025 shooting of a Seneca, Kansas, priest is now scheduled for a competency hearing in September.
A mental health evaluation was ordered by a judge for Gary L. Hermesch, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in November 2025. He was sent to Larned State Security Hospital for further competency evaluation following the release of his results in December 2025.
Hermesch is charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Father Arul Carasala in the rectory at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church on April 3, 2025…