GREAT FALLS (MT)
Great Falls Tribune
April 8, 2019
By Traci Rosenbaum
A former Our Lady of Lourdes priest changed his plea to guilty Monday morning on one count of receipt of child pornography.
Lothar Konrad Krauth, 81, voluntarily changed his plea to guilty without a plea agreement in place.
Krauth was first accused in November 2018 after Homeland Security Investigations Great Falls received a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTip identifying a Great Falls IP address as uploading an image of a nude prepubescent male child.
United States District Judge Brian Morris questioned Krauth at Monday’s hearing to establish that Krauth understood the rights he was giving up by changing his plea and verifying that Krauth’s decision was not a result of coercion, drugs or alcohol.
“I’m here to change my plea from not guilty to guilty,” Krauth told the judge.
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