Chicago-area priest pleads not guilty to child porn charges, Newsburg (April 04, 2015)

Chicago-area priest pleads not guilty to child porn charges

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (AP) — A Catholic priest from suburban Chicago has pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges.

Thirty-four-year-old Clovis Vilchez-Parra is an associate pastor at Mission San Juan Diego in Arlington Heights.

He was charged in February with felony possession and reproduction of child pornography

The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1avGZiO ) that he entered the plea Friday.

Prosecutors say police recovered a laptop containing images of children engaged in sexual acts during a search of his Palatine home in February.