MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 05/01/2014
A Maplewood priest charged with alleged sexual activity with an adult woman had been involved in other relationships at a previous parish, according to a court document.
Mark Andrew Huberty, formerly pastor of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was charged in November with criminal sexual conduct involving a parishioner there who sought his spiritual advice.
The prosecutor has now asked the court to allow evidence of “previous bad acts,” known as Spreigl evidence, to be heard by the jury. She also wants to admit evidence “regarding the pornography found on defendant’s computer and his activities on Internet dating sites: match.com, fling.com, christianmingle.com and ashleymadison.com.
The site ashleymadison.com describes itself as “the most famous name in infidelity and married dating.”
Huberty engaged in a sexual relationship with one woman and attempted to do so with another while he was a priest at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in St. Anthony, according to a memorandum filed by prosecutor Therese Galatowitsch on April 23 in Ramsey County District Court.
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