ERIE (PA)
GOerie.com
May 8, 2018
By Ed Palattella
The Rev. David Poulson resigned in February as pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Cambridge Springs. The diocese had called the allegations against him credible.
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General on Tuesday charged a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Erie with indecent assault involving two boys.
Criminal charges were filed in Jefferson County on Tuesday morning against the Rev. David L. Poulson, 64.
He faces one felony count of indecent assault, person less than 13 years old from February 2006; two misdemeanor counts of indecent assault, involving one person less than 16 years old and one person less than 13 years old, in January 2002; a felony endangering the welfare of children charge, from January 2002; a felony corruption of minors charge, from December 2010; and misdemeanor counts of indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors, from January 2003, according to the court docket.
Poulson was arraigned on the charges in Jefferson County by District Judge Gregory M. Bazylak on Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. and was placed in the Jefferson County Prison on $300,000 bond.
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