Former Li Priest, Convicted Sex Offender, Re-arrested Upstate

By Zachary R. Dowdy
Newsday
September 5, 2017

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/former-li-priest-convicted-sex-offender-re-arrested-upstate-1.14113332

Rev. Michael R. Hands, a former Long Island priest who was convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in 2003, has been indicted on child sex abuse charges upstate. (Credit: Rockville Centre Diocese)

A former Long Island-based priest who was convicted in 2003 of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy has been indicted on child sex abuse charges upstate.

Michael Hands, 51, of Herrington Hill Road in Greenwich, was arraigned Tuesday on a nine-count indictment that prosecutors said stems from his sexual contact with a child in July.

Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen said that...