Fayette County Priest Charged with Sexual Assault

By Peter Smith
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 26, 2020

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/08/26/Fayette-County-Greensburg-diocese-priest-Andrew-Kawecki-charged-sexual-assault/stories/202008260135

Authorities on Wednesday arrested a Roman Catholic priest from the Diocese of Greensburg on charges that he sexually assaulted an altar boy on multiple occasions from 2004 to 2007, beginning when the alleged victim was 11.

The Rev. Andrew Kawecki surrendered to agents of the office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro in Fayette County, where the alleged offenses occurred, according to the office.

Father Kawecki, 65, is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, a felony; corruption of minors, a misdemeanor; and two counts of indecent assault, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor.