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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

October 8, 2014

By Torsten Ove / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A Catholic priest in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese arrested last week on charges of sexually abusing boys in Honduras was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury.

The Rev. Joseph Maurizio, 69, was charged with engaging in illicit sex in foreign places and possession of child pornography.

He remains in custody pending a detention hearing in federal court in Johnstown. The U.S. attorney’s office has requested he be held pending trial as a risk to flee and as a danger to the community. No date has been set for the hearing.

Agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrested Father Maurizio on Thursday following an investigation that began in February. Agents had raided the chapel and rectory of his church, Our Lady Queen of Angels, on Sept. 12 and seized numerous computers, disks and other electronic items…