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Bail set at $100,000 for suspended Bangor priest charged with possession of child pornography
By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff
Posted Sept. 17, 2014
BANGOR, Maine — A district court judge set bail Wednesday at $100,000 cash or surety for the suspended Greek Orthodox priest arrested earlier this week on charges that he allegedly possessed child pornography and surreptitiously photographed a woman taking a shower in his bathroom.
Bail for Adam Metropoulos, 52, of Bangor originally was set at $10,000 cash. Since his arrest Monday, he has been held at the Penobscot County Jail unable to post bail.
Judge John Lucy set the bail recommended by Michael P. Roberts, deputy district attorney for Penobscot County, and Metropoulos’ attorney, Marvin Glazier. Lucy said the bail could be reviewed at a later date.
Conditions include no unauthorized contact with minors, no Internet access and not possessing a device that can take photographs.
Metropoulos is next due in court on Nov. 5.
Roberts said outside the courthouse after Metropoulos’ first court appearance that the high bail was warranted given the suspended priest’s 1983 conviction on a sex charge in Michigan and his admission to police that a few years ago, he “touched two 15-year-old boys inappropriately.”
The prosecutor also said that, so far, no sexually explicit photos or videos of local children had been found on Metropoulos’ computer.
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