PENNSYLVANIA
The Reporter
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG, mgoldberg@thereporteronline.com
POSTED: 01/17/14
LANSDALE — A priest at Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church was arrested Friday and charged with misdemeanor indecent assault without consent and summary harassment in connection with an incident that occurred on Dec. 15, 2013, court records show.
Father John H. Roebuck, 64, a parochial vicar at the church, was arraigned Friday afternoon before District Judge Albert Augustine of Skippack, who set bail at $50,000 unsecured.
Details of the criminal complaint were not immediately available. Lansdale police could not be reached for comment Friday evening.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia issued a statement Friday that read, in part, “The alleged conduct leading to his arrest did not involve a minor,” adding that the allegations are “deeply troubling.”
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