NEW JERSEY
Daily Voice
by Mary K. Miraglia 10/06/2015
LITTLE FERRY, N.J. — Accompanied by dozens of supporters — including several law enforcement officers — a Litte Ferry priest was brought before a judge in Hackensack on Tuesday stemming from an incident in which authorities said he pointed a Civil War-era musket at a boy.
Presiding Central Municipal Judge Louis J. Dinice entered a plea of “not guilty” for the Rev. Kevin Carter to aggravated assault and child endangerment charges.
Defense attorney Harold Cassidy acknowledged that he’d advised Carter of St. Margaret of Cortona R.C. Church of his rights and the proceeding was over.
During a news conference outside, Carter issued a brief statement without answering questions.
He said he was concerned for both the boy and a parishioner who he said “misunderstood” an innocent act of horseplay between the priest, who is a New York Giants fan, and the boy, who wore a Dallas Cowboys jersey to Sunday Mass that September morning, hours before both teams played their NFL season openers.
“My reputation won’t be harmed — I’m going to be okay,” Carter said. “I’m concerned that the media coverage could put this boy, who came to the rectory with his family for some good-natured fun, into trauma.
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