PITTSBURGH (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 24, 2012
By Torsten Ove / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A suspended Catholic priest will spend at least five years in federal prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to possessing and receiving thousands of child porn images on his rectory computer.
Rev. Bartley Sorensen, 63, of St. John Fisher Church in Churchill, admitted his guilt before Senior U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch, who set sentencing for Sept. 13.
Father Sorensen faces a range of five to 30 years behind bars, but must serve at least five years.
He said nothing in court except to acknowledge Judge Bloch’s questions and then waved to his two brothers in the gallery before U.S. marshals led him away in handcuffs.
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