PITTSBURGH (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A Churchill priest pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to child pornography charges and faces a minimum of five years in prison.
The Rev. Bartley Sorensen of St. John Fisher Catholic Church was initially charged in state court with possession of thousands of images on his computer of young boys posing naked or engaging in sex acts.
Authorities pursued the case in federal court, where penalties are heavier than in the state system.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.