WSOC
April 19, 2008
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/15932534/detail.html
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A former Charlotte priest is now out of jail. The Mecklenbug County Sheriff's Website reports Robert Yurgel was released just after 4 p.m. on Friday.
Yurgel's bond was $225,000, but it's not certain how much of that was actually paid. We can confirm that a church group from New Jersey posted the bond.
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He was arrested on April 2 in Passaic, N.J., where he currently works. He was just extradited back to Charlotte on Sunday, April 13.
Yurgel worked at St. Matthew for three years in the late 90s. Police said the child he sexually abused was 14 at the time and just recently came forward.
Yurgel is charged with five counts of indecent liberties with a child and two counts of statutory rape.
Church leaders at St. Matthew have asked parishioners in their 20s who may have dealt with "Father Bob" as teenagers to come forward and talk to police or church staffers if anything inappropriate happened to them.
The church has said it will conduct an internal audit on background checks and offer counseling to any parishioners needing it.
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