Closing
arguments are scheduled Monday in the trial of a Roman Catholic priest
from western Pennsylvania charged with traveling to Honduras to molest
poor street children during missionary trips. Defense attorneys rested their case in Cambria County Court on Friday
afternoon without calling the Rev. Joseph Maurizio Jr., 70, of Windber
to the stand.
Maurizio, who has been suspended from Our Lady Queen of Angels Parish in Somerset County, is accused of traveling abroad from 2004 to 2009 to have sex with three young boys — a charge known as sexual tourism — and illegally transferring $8,000 to a charity to help fund the trips.
http://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/closing-arguments-slated-in-priests-sexual-tourism-trial
Maurizio, who has been suspended from Our Lady Queen of Angels Parish in Somerset County, is accused of traveling abroad from 2004 to 2009 to have sex with three young boys — a charge known as sexual tourism — and illegally transferring $8,000 to a charity to help fund the trips.
http://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/closing-arguments-slated-in-priests-sexual-tourism-trial