UTICA (NY)
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UTICA, N.Y. A priest who was defrocked five years ago after sex claims has pleaded not guilty to new sex charges involving children.
Thirty-eight-year-old James Tamburrino of Rome is accused of having a 15-year-old boy pose in a sexual way for a photograph. He was charged after another teen told police Tamburrino asked him to pose for photos.
The former priest is charged with using a child in a sexual performance, attempting to use a child in a sexual performance, possessing a sexual performance by a child and endangering the welfare of a child.
Tamburrino left a Bronx church in 2000 after he and three other priests were accused of paying a 16-year-old boy who worked as a church secretary for sex.
Posted by kshaw at December 16, 2005 08:45 AM