September 28, 2005

Fla. Church Employee Accused Of Soliciting Sex

DUNEDIN (FL)
News4Jax.com

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- A church employee is accused of soliciting sex in Dunedin.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's office reports that detectives are investigating whether William Forte had or tried to have inappropriate relations with juveniles.

A teenage boy said Forte offered him money to perform a sex act.

A spokeswoman with the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg said Forte worked at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Sheriff's officials said Forte also supervised the community service program at the church where he worked.

Records show that Forte has pleaded guilty to two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and received six months' probation in 1992.

Posted by kshaw at September 28, 2005 09:57 AM