PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Review
By Liz Zemba
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015
Federal prosecutors have identified a fourth minor whom they contend a Somerset County priest attempted to photograph in the nude when he traveled to Central and South America, allegedly to have sex with orphaned boys.
A judge will decide whether jurors will hear from the alleged victim during the Rev. Joseph D. Maurizio’s trial next week because none of the charges against the Roman Catholic priest involve the newly identified person, according to a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Johnstown.
Jury selection for the trial, expected to last at least three weeks, is set to begin Tuesday.
The fourth victim’s testimony is needed to prove Maurizio’s motives in the alleged sexual abuse, prosecutors Amy E. Larson and Stephanie L. Haines said in the motion.
Now an adult, the alleged victim will testify that Maurizio tried to photograph him when he was a boy, naked in a bathtub and while performing a sex act at a Honduran orphanage, prosecutors said.
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