GLENS FALLS (NY)
Post Star
January 5, 2018
By Don Lehman
Ballston Spa – A defrocked former Catholic priest who lived at a “retreat” in Washington County pleaded guilty Friday to two felony charges for having sexual contact with an underage boy.
Michael R. Hands, 51, pleaded guilty to counts of third-degree criminal sexual act for sexual contact with a child younger than the age of 17 in the town of Charlton last July. He had also been accused of sharing pornography with the teen.
The charges were brought because the teen was too young to legally consent to sexual relations.
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