PITTSBURGH (PA)
Tribune-Review
By Brian Bowling
Tribune-Review
Published: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty today to federal charges of receiving and possessing child pornography.
The Rev. Bart Sorensen, 63, formerly of St. John Fisher Church in Churchill, admitted he possessed thousands of pornographic images of young boys. U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch scheduled his sentencing for Sept. 13 and revoked his bond because Sorensen is facing a minimum sentence of five years in prison.
Sorensen doesn’t have a plea bargain with the government. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Haller said his office never made a formal offer but discussed dropping the possession charge, which doesn’t carry a minimum sentence, in return for Sorensen pleading guilty to the receiving charge that carries the five-year minimum sentence.
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