MAINE
WCSH
[with video]
Katharine Bavoso, WLBZ
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — The indefinitely suspended Greek Orthodox priest from Bangor who was arrested in September pleaded guilty Monday to child pornography charges and to secretly videotaping a woman showering in his bathroom.
However, Adam Metropoulos pleaded not guilty to other sexual assault charges. Police allege that he sexually abused two boys who stayed at his home.
Metropoulos faced one of his alleged sexual abuse victims Monday as the former 15-year-old altar boy, now 23, took the stand and described what he said happened between him and the former priest.
According to the witness, Metropoulos began sexually abusing him at age 15 when the alleged victim would sleep at the priest’s house. The man said that the abuse went on for a year.
In court Monday the judge asked Metropoulos if he had been pressured into pleading guilty to two of the six counts he is facing. Metropoulos said this is “just the situation he’s in.”
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