PORTLAND (OR)
KPTV
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) –
A man accused of making false claims of child sex abuse involving Catholic priests has been charged with mail fraud.
A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment against Shamont Sapp, 49, of Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.
He is accused of a five-year scheme involving false claims of abuse in four dioceses. Investigators said he used the U.S. Postal Service while he was a prison inmate to file, pursue and litigate the false claims in federal courts between 2005 and 2010.
Dioceses listed in the indictment are in Tucson, AZ, Covington, KT, Spokane, WA, and Portland.
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