NEW JERSEY
TAPinto
By TAPINTO.NET STAFF
October 27, 2016
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ — Father Kevin Gugliotta, who served the parishioners at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church in Scotch Plains for several years as a youth minister, has been arrested in Ocean County for possession and distribution of child pornography, according to multiple news reports.
A criminal docket from a Wayne County, Pa. magisterial court listed 20 allegations against the priest for possession and distribution of photographs or video of children in sex acts, according to a report by the Asbury Park Press. The activities allegedly took place on Gulgiotta’s personal computer at his vacation home in Pennsylvania. He awaits extradition from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
St. Bart’s parishioners are shocked by the news.
“He was a youth minister at our parish. I would trust him with my own child. I’m just devastated,” said one Scotch Plains mom who spoke to TAPintoSPF under condition of anonymity.
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