MICHIGAN
C and G News
By Thomas Franz
Published May 19, 2015
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The preliminary examination in the case of a former employee at a local Catholic high school began on May 13 at 42-A District Court in Romeo.
Joseph Sturza, a former director of admissions at Austin Catholic High School in Ray Township and a former youth minister at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Macomb Township, is charged with four felony counts: child sexual abuse activity, accosting a child for immoral purposes, and two counts of using a computer to communicate with a minor in order to commit a crime.
At the preliminary examination, a sergeant with the Macomb County Sheriff’s Department and Macomb Area Computer Enforcement team provided background into the department’s investigation.
The Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from the Archdiocese of Detroit offices on Nov. 19 regarding an employee at Austin Catholic possibly having inappropriate contact with a student through use of a computer.
The student was identified during the exam as a 15-year-old boy.
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