Former Priest-Turned-Bookstore Owner From Asbury Park Charged With Having Sex With Teen

NEW JERSEY
Daily Voice

March 18, 2020

By Jon Craig

Authorities in Virginia charged a former priest and current independent bookstore co-owner from Asbury Park with having sex with a minor.

Scott Asalone, 63, was arrested in Asbury Park this past weekend by Virginia State Police and New Jersey law enforcement officers, authorities said.

Asalone — an author, speaker and poet who’s also worked as a consultant for private and non-profit groups — has co-owned a bookstore on Cookman Avenue for more than a decade.

He was being held pending extradition proceedings.

A grand jury in Virginia indicted Asalone three days earlier on what is known there as “carnal knowledge of a minor” between 13 and 15 years old.

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