PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By Liz Zemba
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014
A Somerset County priest accused of traveling to Honduras to have sex with a minor boy had access to almost $1 million, attorneys revealed Tuesday morning during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Johnstown.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Pesto on Tuesday ordered the Rev. Joseph Maurizio to remain in federal detention as a potential flight risk for another 10 days while his attorney and a federal prosecutor gather information on bank accounts to which he has access.
The priest is accused of traveling to Honduras under the guise of mission work.
A federal grand jury on Oct. 7 indicted Maurizio, 62, pastor at Our Lady Queen of Angels in Central City, on charges of engaging in illicit sexual conducted in foreign places and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor.
Maurizio has been in the Cambria County Prison since Sept. 25, when he was arrested on similar allegations contained in a criminal complaint involving teenage boys at a Honduran orphanage.
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