PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CBS Philly
By Tony Hanson
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – This is sentencing day for a priest and former lay teacher convicted of sexually assaulting the same 5th and 6th grade boy at St. Jerome’s in Philadelphia in 1999 and 2000.
The prosecution is expected to argue for lengthy prison terms for Father Charles Engelhardt and former lay teacher Bernard Shero. They were convicted of sexually assaulting the same boy assaulted by another now defrocked priest, Edward Avery, who pleaded guilty last year.
Even with conviction, defense attorney Michael McGovern has maintained Father Engelhardt is not guilty and he’s said he will fight this injustice.
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