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  Former Asheville Priest Sentenced for Role in Child Porn Case

The News-Record
August 5, 2011

http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/08/05/article/nc_catholic_priest_sentenced_for_role_in_child_porn_case

A former pastor of a Catholic church in Asheville has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice because he deleted pornographic images of children from the home computer of the parish music minister.

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The Asheville Citizen-Times reported today that the Rev. John Schneider has been placed on probation for one year and has been ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $100 fine.

The 58-year-old Schneider resigned as pastor of St. Eugene Catholic Church shortly after he was charged.

Police say Schneider deleted hundreds of pornographic images of children from the home computer of music minister Paul Lawrence Berrell in May 2009. Berrell was sentenced in April to 28 years in federal prison.

 
 

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