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Posted by Tony Di Domizio (Editor) , January 18, 2014
Former St. Stanislaus parochial vicar Father John Roebuck has been arrested Friday and charged with indecent assault without consent and harassment after allegedly grabbing a man’s genitals in the locker room at North Penn YMCA, after they both had just used the sauna on the evening of Dec. 15, police said.
Roebuck, 64, of Lansdale, has been placed on administrative leave and relieved of his duties at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, per the Archdiocese.
The Archdiocese called Roebuck’s alleged actions “deeply troubling.”
The investigation began Dec. 16, 2013, when the alleged victim, an adult man, reported to police that he was in the locker room of the YMCA around 7 p.m., when he met Roebuck in the sauna, police said. The two had a brief conversation, police said.
A short time later, the alleged victim was using the sink in the locker room. Suddenly, Roebuck was standing behind him, police said.
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