NEW JERSEY
Philly.com
EMILY BABAY, PHILLY.COM
POSTED: Friday, August 22, 2014
Authorities are investigating allegations that a New Jersey priest sexually abused a 16-year-old boy.
The Diocese of Trenton says it learned about the alleged abuse by Father Romannilo “Nilo” Apura, a pastor at St. Martha Parish in Point Pleasant, this week.
Apura, 67, was taken into custody on Thursday, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Prosecutors say he is accused of having sexual contact with the boy in late spring or early summer at a Trenton home. In a separate incident in June, he tried to remove the boy’s pants, prosecutors said.
Apura is facing charges of second-degree endangering the welfare of child, third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact and fourth-degree attempt to commit criminal sexual contact.
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