Missionary priest guilty of child abuse

PENNSYLVANIA
Emirates 24/7

By Agencies
Published Saturday, January 30, 2016

A federal judge has delayed next week’s sentencing for a priest convicted of having sex with poor street children during missionary trips to Honduras.

The judge will hold a hearing Tuesday on whether to grant a new trial for the Rev. Joseph Maurizio instead of sentencing the 70-year-old priest that day in Johnstown, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh.

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