ST. LOUIS (MO)
WAOW
ST. LOUIS - A FORMER ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST FROM WISCONSIN WHO PREVIOUSLY WAS CONVICTED OF A SEX CRIME INVOLVING A CHILD WAS SENTENCED FRIDAY TO NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
DAVID MALSCH, 66, ALSO WAS FINED $12,500. HE PLEADED GUILTY IN FEBRUARY IN FEDERAL COURT IN ST. LOUIS TO ONE FELONY COUNT OF RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
MALSCH PREVIOUSLY WAS CONVICTED OF CHILD ENTICEMENT IN 1993 IN WISCONSIN, AND IN 2001 WAS SENT TO A HOME FOR TROUBLED PRIESTS IN MISSOURI. THAT'S WHERE 28 IMAGES OF CHILD PORN WERE DISCOVERED IN HIS ROOM BY FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS IN 2003.