Ex-priest charged in Maryland child abuse case

PENNSYLVANIA
Reading Eagle

Mike Urban
Reading Eagle

A former priest who served and taught in Berks County in the 1970s and ’80s has been charged with sexually abusing a boy in a Maryland shore town in 1981.

Bruno M. Tucci, 70, of Salisbury, Md., was charged with sexual assault and child abuse by a custodian.

He was served with an arrest summons Dec. 11, and remains free awaiting further court action.

In August 1981, Tucci took the boy to an Ocean City motel room, where he sexually assaulted the boy, police said.

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.