NEW JERSEY
PIX 11
[with video]
AUGUST 9, 2017, BY MAGEE HICKEY
MORRISTOWN, NJ — A newly ordained Roman Catholic priest accused of groping a 13-year-old girl under her skirt won’t have to remain in jail while the charges are pending in New Jersey.
Rev. Marcin Nurek, newly ordained, wore an orange jumpsuit instead of a priest collar in court Wednesday. His hands looked like they were clasped in prayer, but they were really just holding up handcuffs.
He said little in court, but Judge Paul Armstrong said a lot.
Specifically, the judge detailed the allegations that this 37-year-old priest from Poland, who was set to become parochial vicar of Saint Catherine of Sienna Church in Mountain Lakes next week, instead stands accused of a crime involving a 13-year-old girl on a downtown Boonton street
“Female xx states that he groped her under her skirt and over her underwear,” Judge Paul Armstrong said. “The defendant then self admitted to touching victim on her buttocks.”
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