South Boston priest faces child porn charge

BOSTON (MA)
Boston Herald

By Laurel J. Sweet
Wednesday, August 1

A South Boston priest is expected to answer today to charges he had “pornographic images of girls” appearing to be as young as 8 on his computer, police said.

The Rev. Andrew J. Urbaniak, 39, pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowa, a Roman Catholic church on Dorchester Avenue, was arrested yesterday afternoon on charges of possession and dissemination of child pornography following a two-month-long investigation.

Urbaniak is being held on $25,000 cash bail pending his arraignment today in South Boston District Court.

No one could be reached at the church this morning and individual voice mails were not accepting messages.

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