PENNSYLVANIA
Daily Journal
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: November 14, 2014
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania — A federal judge is reversing an earlier order to grant home detention to a Pennsylvania priest and is ordering him held until his trial on charges of traveling to Honduras for sex with poor street children during missionary trips.
U.S. District Judge Kim Gibson in Johnstown reversed the decision after a detention hearing Friday for the Rev. Joseph Maurizio.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Pesto last week ruled the 69-year-old priest could be released to home detention as long as his bank accounts are frozen and he’s not able to access church-related funds.
Now, the 69-year-old Maurizio will remain behind bars, after prosecutors argued he could use the money to flee the country before he’s prosecuted and sought the second hearing.
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