Old Forge Priest Charged NOON LIVE

By Jeffrey Paulish
Pa Homepage
September 20, 2013

http://www.pahomepage.com/story/old-forge-priest-charged-noon-live/d/story/ndojtChY7k-O3fu3XOjJFQ

[with video]

A local priest is accused of multiple sex crimes after he was found with a fifteen year-old boy. Father William Jeffery Paulish was arraigned overnight and is locked-up this morning. He's facing charges of indecent assault, corruption of minors and indecent exposure  after police say he was caught in a car with the teen   Exactly six hours after police say Father William Jeffery Paulish, who's known as Father Jeff Paulish was found in a car with a pants- less 15-year-old boy... he was led out of the Dunmore Police Barracks in handcuffs. The 56-year-old most recently served as an assistant pastor at Prince of Peace Parish in Old Forge.

    Parishioner Lou Pettinato, of Old Forge told Eyewitness News "As far as I know, he was a nice priest, he was dedicated to his profession, that's all I know about him."

"This entire investigation only started around 9:00 o'clock Thursday night,  when security at the Penn State Worthington  Scranton campus noticed a suspicious vehicle by its tennis courts.police responded... and allegedly found Father Paulish and the boy together inside."

  Parishioner Kim Zupon doesn't take the allegations lightly."  Appalled, disgusted and sick to my stomach. It's horrible. Absolutely horrible"

Initially, Paulish told police he was walking around the campus working on his homily and met the boy by chance and was counseling him... he later admitted placing an advertisement on the Craigs-list website  and the two agreed to meet.   Paulish's Red Toyota Venza is now marked with evidence markers

   "It's happening all over, between police chiefs and fireman and everybody, they're all getting in the same problems."  Said Michael Zupon, of Old Forge

Around 4:15 am., right after his arrest... police served a search warrant at Father Paulish's family home on Third Street in Blakely. They seized a computer.while being interviewed, Father Paulish admitted looking at male pornography... so this is still an on-going investigation

       "We don't know other victims at this point. We who may have any information to come forward to Attorney's Office or Police Department and that would regarding other individual in general." added Jennifer McCambridge, Deputy District Attorney.