ST. LOUIS (MO)
Riverfront Times

By Sam Levin
Thu., Apr. 25 2013

William Vatterott, a Roman Catholic priest from St. Louis, was indicted yesterday on a federal child pornography charge — and could ultimately face ten years in prison and fines of up to $25,000.

Vatterott, 36, will appear in federal court later this week or early next week to respond to the indictment, the U.S. attorney’s office says in a statement.

He was placed on administrative leave in 2011 after a complaint was filed with the Ballwin police. He had allegedly been involved in an underage drinking incident — and was accused of “inappropriate conduct.”

The indictment says that he possessed “at least two images of an unidentified nude boy on his computer” between June 2010 and June 2011.