PENNSYLVANIA
Erie Times-News
SMETHPORT — A Catholic Diocese of Erie priest has been sentenced to two years of probation for having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old boy in McKean County.
The Rev. Samuel Slocum, 60, was sentenced Monday in McKean County Court, where he was convicted in January of concealment of the whereabouts of a child, the Bradford Era reported Tuesday.
Prosecutors accused Slocum of allowing the boy to visit his residence after the boy’s mother had forbidden it, and of lying to the mother when she asked if her son had gone to his residence.
Slocum was not accused of having sexual contact with the boy.
Testimony in earlier proceeding indicated Slocum had given the teen two iPhones, an iPod and an Apple laptop computer on which they secretly communicated using the parish Wi-Fi connection.
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