NEW JERSEY
WABC
LITTLE FERRY, N.J. (WABC) — A priest accused of pointing a functioning but unloaded musket at an 8-year-old boy in a church’s rectory pleaded not guilty Tuesday, with his lawyer explaining it as a joke spurred by the rivalry between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys.
The Rev. Kevin Carter was arraigned Tuesday on charges of child endangerment and aggravated assault by pointing a firearm.
The priest, who was charged last week and is free on $15,000 cash bail, expressed concern on Monday for any “trauma” that publicity from the case may have caused the boy and his family. But in a statement issued by his lawyer, the 54-year-old priest said he was “confident” he would be vindicated.
The charges against Carter stem from a Sept. 13 incident at St. Margaret of Cortona Roman Catholic Church in Little Ferry.
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