PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Review
By Brian Bowling
Published: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013
A former pastor in Charleroi admitted in federal court Thursday that he viewed child pornography and traveled to Thailand to meet teen boys.
David Dzermejko, 65, of Braddock pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh released a statement saying it had no knowledge of the criminal activity, and noted that Bishop David Zubik told priests and deacons in January that “viewing child pornography is a criminal act for which society will hear no excuse, accept no extenuating circumstances, or grant any mercy.”
U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer scheduled Dzermejko’s sentencing for March 20.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Carolyn Bloch said Microsoft Corp. notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that a SkyDrive user by the name of Lord Winchester Cuthbert Thurston VII uploaded a nude image of a prepubescent child on Dec. 21.
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