August 09, 2005

Schuylkill priest gets 23 months in child porn case

PENNSYLVANIA
The Morning Call

A Schuylkill County Catholic priest who admitted owning hundreds of child pornography photos, magazines, videotapes and DVDs, and embezzling more than $23,000 in church money will serve up to 23 months in jail on the theft charge and pay $23,629 in restitution.

He will also serve 10 years of probation on child sex abuse charges.

But, despite the volume of child pornography that the Rev. Ronald J. Yarrosh possessed, he was determined to not be a sexually violent predator by the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, said District Attorney Frank R. Cori.

Posted by kshaw at August 9, 2005 05:22 PM