MICHIGAN
CBS Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Catholic priest has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison after he was caught with child porn, a decade after he was removed from his Livonia church for molesting an altar boy.
U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts said the public needs to be protected from 63-year-old Timothy Murray, although the punishment was below the 22-year sentence sought by federal prosecutors.
The “crimes are stomach-churning … It’s difficult for me to believe you didn’t know what you were doing was criminal,” the judge said.
Murray pleaded guilty to the charges after the images were discovered on multiple computers in his Novi home.
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