WSOC
April 2, 2008
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/15778876/detail.html
[with video]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More victims may come forward after the arrest of a former Charlotte priest on sex charges, police said Wednesday.
U.S. marshals arrested Robert Yurgel in Passaic, New Jersey, Wednesday afternoon.
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Yurgel will be extradited to Charlotte to face five counts of indecent liberties with a child and two counts of statutory sex.
"This may very well produce other victims either here or especially in new jersey," said Seth Langson who represents the alleged victim.
Langson refused to answer most questions about the alleged incidents.
His client is now 23 years old and claims Father Robert Yurgel began abusing him in 1999.
Yurgel was a priest at St. Matthew Catholic Church, in south Charlotte, from 1997 until July of 1999.
"It took a lot of courage to come forward with this," said Captain Lisa Goelz, of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
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