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By Thomas Franz
July 14, 2015

MACOMB COUNTY — The case of a former employee at a local catholic high school is heading to Macomb County Circuit Court.

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.

On July 8, Sturza and his defense conditionally waived his right to a preliminary exam at district court 42-A District Court in Romeo.

“We appear to have a resolution of this matter that will be entered in at circuit court, but in the event that plea is not entered, then we would ask…