PITTSBURGH (PA)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By Brian Bowling, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, January 6, 2012
A Catholic priest pleaded not guilty today in federal court to possessing thousands of pornographic images of young boys.
The Rev. Bart Sorensen, 62, formerly of St. John Fisher Church in Churchill, was released on $50,000 unsecured bond, but U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan ordered him placed on home confinement with electronic monitoring.
Sorensen declined comment after his arraignment. His attorney, Patrick Thomassey, said it was unusual for a child pornography case to get transferred from state to federal court. The cases that usually get transferred are gun- and drug-related, he said.
“I still don`t really understand the federal interest in this case,” he said.
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