Churchill Priest Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography

By Torsten Ove
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 23, 2012

http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12144/1233923-56.stm

A Churchill priest pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to child pornography charges and faces a minimum of five years in prison.

The Rev. Bartley Sorensen of St. John Fisher Catholic Church was initially charged in state court with possession of thousands of images on his computer of young boys posing naked or engaging in sex acts.

Authorities pursued the case in federal court, where penalties are heavier than in the state system.

Father Sorensen entered the plea before Senior U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch. He pleaded guilty to receiving child pornorgraphy and possession of child pornography.