Springfield, IL Police Interview Beaten Priest

The condition of a Catholic priest found badly beaten in a Springfield park last week is improving, which allowed police Monday to interview him for the first time about the crime.

That initial talk with Monsignor Eugene Costa, which lasted about five minutes, didn't provide investigators with any significant clues about who did it, however, said Springfield police Lt. Rickey Davis.

"He's improving," Davis said. " ... He was able to talk to us. I can't tell you what he said, of course, but he couldn't shed any additional light on the information for us to help us out."

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