PENNSYLVANIA
Citizens Voice
– JEFF HORVATH
Published: June 26, 2013
Open lewdness charges against a Catholic priest from Tunkhannock and one of his parishioners who were found in a stage of undress last month in a Wyalusing public park were dropped Tuesday afternoon.
The Rev. Daniel Joseph Doherty, 49, and Joanne Mirabelli, 47, both of Tunkhannock, appeared before Magisterial District Judge Fred Wheaton in Wysox and were only found guilty of trespassing in a park after the sunset curfew.
Assistant District Attorney Francis Rineer Jr. announced the state would be dropping the charges of open lewdness, being under the influence of an intoxicating beverage, and performing an obscene or indecent act.
The state would, however, be charging the Rev. Doherty and Mirabelli with being in the Wyalusing park after dark.
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