Sexting scandal allegedly involving priest rocks Northern Calif. church

CALIFORNIA
CBS News

STOCKTON, Calif. — A Northern California Catholic church is embroiled in a sexting scandal.

A Stockton parishioner claims he was fired from his job after his priest sent him an explicit text message, CBS San Francisco reported.

Now the parishioner has filed a lawsuit.

The incident allegedly happened at the Presentation Church and School. The man bringing the lawsuit has maintained the fountains and pool there for the past seven years.

His attorney, Irvine-based John Manly, said while the married man in his 40s cleaned the pool, Pastor Lawrence McGovern would often sunbathe and make flirtatious comments, “Laying around in a speedo, making our client very uncomfortable.”

“Our client’s a married man,” said Manly. “This is his pastor.”

The suit claims in late July, McGovern texted the man a picture of his genitals.

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