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By Conor Mooney
May 21, 2014
(WBNG Binghamton) A local priest is accused of possessing child pornography, according to the diocese of Syracuse.
A spokeswoman from the diocese said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that Fr. Robert Ours was indicted by an Onondaga County grand jury and arraigned in Onondaga County Court Wednesday morning on charges of possessing child pornography.
Ours — who became inactive in 2011 because of personal reasons — was a member of the faculty at Seton Catholic Central and served as an administrator at the former St. Rita’s Church in Chenango Forks, which closed in January 2006, according to Action News archives. He was also an associate pastor at Holy Family in Endwell.
Ours is a resident of Onondaga County, according to Danielle Cummings, assistant chancellor and director of communications with the diocese. That’s why the case is being handled in Onondaga County, Cummings said.
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