PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona Mirror
Jul 25, 2017
Phil Ray
The conviction and 200-month prison sentence of a Somerset County priest for the sexual abuse of several children who were living at an orphanage in El Progresso, Honduras, was upheld Monday by a federal appeals court.
U.S. District Judge Kim R. Gibson 16 months ago sentenced the priest, Joseph D. Maurizio, now 71, of Central City, for the sexual abuse of two children, possession of child pornography consisting of nude photographs of several other children, and the use of charitable funds collected in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown “to promote illicit sexual contact with a minor.”
Altoona attorney Steven P. Passarello represented Maurizio during the lengthy September 2015 trial.
The jury convicted Maurizio on five counts but acquitted him on three other charges.
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