Fr. Bartley A. Sorensen
Arrested 12/10/2011 after a St. John Fisher employee saw child porn on Sorensen’s rectory computer and told the Diocese. The computer contained 100+ images of prepubescent males. More charges after additional porn found during search. Had been at the parish three weeks. Was chaplain at West Penn Hospital 2004-2011. Prior to assignment at St. John Fisher, he was at St. Anne’s in Castle Shannon for nine months. Federal Indictment. Pleaded guilty 5/23/2012. Sentenced to eight years in prison in 1/2013. Required to register permanently as a sex offender and pay a $25,000 fine. Included in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report, and on the diocese’s list of credibly accused.
- Collection of Articles Prior to 12.16.11
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 12.19.11
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12.20.11
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 01.02.12
- Philly com 01.03.12
- Philadelphia Inquirer (AP) 01.04.12
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette 01.04.12
- Reuters 01.05.12
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette 01.06.12
- Reuters 01.06.12
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette 05.22.12
- Tribune Review 05.23.12
- WTAE 05.23.12
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette 05.24.12
- CBS Pittsburgh 01.02.13
- Statement by FBI 01.02.13
- San Francisco Chronicle 01.02.13
- WTAE 01.02.13
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette 01.02.13
- WPXI 01.02.13
- PA Grand Jury Report Profile 08.14.18
- Diocese of Pittsburgh List 2019
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