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Lehigh Valley Live
By Sarah Cassi | For lehighvalleylive.com
A monsignor at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Emmaus is free on unsecured bail after being arraigned Tuesday on child pornography and related offenses.
The Rev. John Stephen Mraz, 66, surrendered himself Tuesday morning and was arraigned on charges of child pornography, criminal use of a communication facility, and selling obscene materials.
Bail was set at $50,000 unsecured. Mraz presently lives at the Holy Family Villa for priests in Bethlehem, and will return there, District Attorney Jim Martin said.
A person who answered the phone at the church at 415 S. Sixth St. in Emmaus said she didn’t know about charges against Mraz.
Mraz has worked at Reading Central Catholic and Allentown Central Catholic over the years and has held posts in the Allentown Diocese.
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