PENNSYLVANIA
The Reporter
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG , mgoldberg@thereporteronline.com
POSTED: 01/18/14
LANSDALE — A Lansdale priest arrested Friday and charged with indecent assault is accused of grabbing a man’s genitals in the locker room of the North Penn YMCA in December, Lansdale police said Saturday afternoon.
Police said that an investigation into John H. Roebuck, 64 — a parochial vicar at Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church since last July — began on Dec. 16 after the alleged victim in the case, an adult male, reported to police a locker room incident that purportedly took place around 7 p.m. on Dec. 15.
The victim said that he met an older male, later identified as Roebuck, in the YMCA sauna, where the pair engaged in a brief conversation, according to police.
Shortly after that, police said, the victim was using a sink in the locker room when he saw Roebuck standing behind him, and as he began to walk away from the sink, Roebuck extended his hand to say goodbye. As they were shaking hands, the man said he felt Roebuck’s other hands grabbing his genitals, police said.
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