PENNSYLVANIA
WFMZ
EMMAUS, Pa. – A monsignor with the Diocese of Allentown will stand trial in a child pornography case.
John Mraz, 66, waived his preliminary hearing Thursday morning.
In September, Mraz was charged with sexual abuse of children, criminal use of a communications facility and obscene and sexual material and performances.
Mraz was the pastor at St. Ann’s Church in Emmaus, Lehigh County.
On July 25, Mraz asked a friend and parishioner to update his laptop computer. The friend subsequently discovered files in the computer’s recycling bin depicting images of nude males of an unknown age, according to court documents.
After completing the update, the friend returned the computer to Mraz, who asked him to update another laptop. On that laptop, the friend reported finding a file named “naked little boys,” or “something similar to that name,” according to court paperwork.
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