South Boston priest arrested on child porn charges

BOSTON (MA)
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BOSTON (AP) – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston suspended the pastor of a Boston church Wednesday after he was charged with having images of preteen girls on a computer in the rectory.

The Rev. Andrzej Urbaniak, 39, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of possession and dissemination of child pornography.

Urbaniak, the pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowa in South Boston, was arrested following a two-month investigation, police said. He was being held on $25,000 bail. There is no evidence the images of girls who appear to be between the ages of 8 and 10 are from the area, and no one has stepped forward alleging to be a victim, police said.

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