Priest Accused of Pointing Gun at Boy Appears in Court, Report Says

By Noah Cohen
NJ.com
October 6, 2015

http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2015/10/priest_accused_of_pointing_gun_at_boy_appears_in_c.html

Kevin Carter, 55 (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office)

A judge on Tuesday entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of the Little Ferry priest accused of pointing a replica Civil War-style gun at an 8-year-old boy, according to a published report.

The Rev. Kevin Carter, 55, who is assigned to St. Margaret of Cortona Church, appeared briefly in Bergen County Central Municipal Court, The Record reported.

Defense attorney Harold Cassidy previously said the incident was a joke and a parishioner who reported the encounter to officials misunderstood what happened, CBSNewYork.com reported.

Carter faces charges of child endangerment and aggravated assault by pointing a firearm, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.

Prosecutors said the child showed up for church Sept. 13 when Carter asked to see the boy in a rectory room. The priest allegedly aimed a musket at the child.

Investigators seized the functioning weapon along with ammunition and gunpowder, according to the prosecutor's office.