PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial
[with photos]
By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net
In the last four years, Father Charles Engelhardt has lost 50 pounds.
But as his boss, Father James J. Greenfield, will tell you, “This is a weight loss program I wouldn’t wish on anyone.”
It began in 2009, when a man subsequently identified in a grand jury report as “Billy Doe” accused Father Engelhardt of raping him back when the alleged victim was a 10-year old altar boy.
Four years ago, the 5-foot-11 priest weighed 220 pounds. He had a double chin and a pot belly. But last week, according to his family, when they visited him in jail, Father Engelhardt looked frail and barely weighed 170. His arms, sticking out of a bright-yellow jumpsuit, were skinnier than his baby sister’s.
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