BOSTON (MA)
Lynn Daily Item
BOSTON — The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in South Boston has been arrested on child pornography charges.
The Rev. Andrzej Urbaniak is scheduled to be arraigned today on possession and dissemination charges.
Police say the 39-year-old pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowawas arrested Tuesday following a two-month investigation and the execution of a search warrant that resulted in the discovery of images of preteen girls on a computer in the rectory.
The Boston Archdiocese said in a statement that Urbaniak has been placed on administrative leave and barred from functioning as a priest The archdiocese has also informed the head of his order in Poland.
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