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Title: Pennsylvania priest arrested, accused of possessing child porn
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URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011 ... e-priest-idUSTRE7BA0UK20111211
Published: Dec 11, 2011
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Post Date: 2011-12-11 17:35:11 by PSUSA2
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Views: 518
Comments: 22

(Reuters) - A Roman Catholic priest was arrested on charges he viewed child pornography in the rectory of his Pittsburgh-area church, the diocese said on Sunday.

The Rev. Bartley Sorensen, 62, pastor of St. John Fisher Church in Churchill, Pennsylvania, was arraigned on charges of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony, according to the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

He was being held on Sunday in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond, jail officials said.

Sorensen was arrested after a church employee walked into the rectory on Friday and saw Sorensen viewing a computer image of a young boy naked from the waist down, with the words "Hottie Boys" on the screen, police said. She alerted diocesan officials, who immediately contacted police.

Allegheny County detectives found pornographic images of young boys on his computer, police said. During an interview, Sorensen admitted to possessing at least 100 pornographic pictures of children, police said. He has not been charged with abusing children.

Accusations of child abuse and sexual impropriety against Catholic clergy in the United States have rocked the Catholic Church since 2002, and the church has paid out some $2 billion in settlements to abuse victims.

The pornography arrest also comes amid a series of separate scandals that have seen a steady march of men make abuse accusations in recent weeks against coaches at Penn State University, Syracuse University and most recently against a top official at the Amateur Athletic Union.

The Pittsburgh diocese said in a statement that Sorensen had been placed on administrative leave.

"The viewing of pornographic images involving children is a disturbing and criminal act," the statement said. "The Diocese of Pittsburgh is cooperating to the fullest extent in the investigation of this incident."

A priest for 35 years, Sorensen had been a pastor at St. John Fisher only for several weeks, having been previously assigned for nine months to St. Anne Church in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. His past includes an assignment as chaplain at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh.

The Rev. Ronald Lengwin, diocese spokesman, said the diocese had provided Sorensen with the names of several possible attorneys after his arrest but it was unclear who he had retained for the criminal case.


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He must be one of them "Satanic infiltrators" that christians are always babbling about.

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#1. To: PSUSA2 (#0)

He must be one of them "Satanic infiltrators" that christians are always babbling about.

I'll bet he isn't much different than those slimey perverted pedophilic joos.

Phant2000  posted on  2011-12-11   18:07:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Phant2000 (#1)

the freemason (satanist) infiltrators allowed all the modernists, pervs, and fags into the church. it was a long term plot. it was written about centuries ago, warned about by popes, and there are recent books on many of the seminaries which were hijacked by fags and athhiest psychiatrists. they reject the good normal holy men and promote the pervs. it is the devils work, literally. they have done a pretty good job of it, but in the end, they will lose.

Artisan  posted on  2011-12-11   18:19:33 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Artisan (#3)

How holy and good were the "men" who tortured people to death in medieval prisons?

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-12-11   19:02:16 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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there have been a lot of bad things done by those who are Christian, yet their acts do not invalidate Christianity. As a matter of fact, sinners are the ones who need Christianity the most.

The tenants of Christianity, the teachings of Christ, are something to strive for, and are not invalidated by the fact that people's human nature is sinful.

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