NEW JERSEY
The Trentonian
By Isaac Avilucea, iavilucea@trentonian.com, @IsaacAvilucea on Twitter
POSTED: 11/20/15
A former Trenton priest will pay his penance for sexually assaulting a teenage boy in a specialized adult treatment center for sex offenders rather than state prison.
Rev. Romannilo Apura, 68, will serve three years at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, run by the Department of Corrections, following his sentencing Friday before Judge Robert Billmeier.
The priest from the Diocese of Trenton will be placed on lifetime parole supervision when he is released and must register as a sex offender under the state’s Megan’s Law. He cannot have unsupervised contact with anybody under 18, according to the prosecutor’s office.
He is also forbidden from having any contact with his victim, a teenage boy who was forced to engage in a sex act with the priest at a home in Trenton.
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