NEW JERSEY
Times of Trenton
By Cristina Rojas | Times of Trenton
on August 21, 2014
A Diocese of Trenton priest was arrested today on charges he engaged in sexual conduct with a teenage boy earlier this year, Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. announced.
The Rev. Romannilo Apura, 67, was taken into custody at his home at St. Martha Parish in Point Pleasant around 11 a.m. by detectives from the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit.
Apura allegedly masturbated the 16-year-old victim in a home in Trenton in late spring/early summer. A second incident occurred in June when Apura attempted to remove the same victim’s pants.
Apura is charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact and fourth-degree attempt to commit criminal sexual contact.
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