PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A federal judge Friday reversed a decision by a magistrate to release a Johnstown-area priest charged with traveling to Honduras for sex with boys and ordered him detained pending trial.
U.S. District Judge Kim Gibson said the Rev. Joseph Maurizio, 69, will remain behind bars as a risk to flee and a danger to the community, the two standards that govern federal detention orders.
The ruling overturned a decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Pesto to release the priest as long as his bank accounts were frozen and he was unable to access church funds.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.