Jury selection underway in Johnstown priest’s sex tourism case

PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

September 8, 2015

By Torsten Ove / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jury selection is underway in the federal trial in Johnstown of a suspended Catholic priest accused of traveling to Honduras to molest young boys during missionary trips.

The Rev. Joseph Maurizio, 70, formerly pastor at Our Lady Queen of Angels in Somerset County, is charged with engaging in illicit sex in foreign places, possession of child pornography and transferring money into and out of the country for unlawful purposes.

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