Allentown Diocese Catholic priest pleads guilty to child pornography charges, but says...

[trotsky]

(headline cont'd) ...has no memory of images

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-monsignor-mraz-st-anns-emmaus-guilty-plea-20170524-story.html

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Roman Catholic priest who was forced to step down after child pornography was discovered on his computer pleaded guilty Thursday in Lehigh County Court.

Monsignor John S. Mraz, formerly of St. Ann Catholic Church in Emmaus, told Judge Maria L. Dantos that he didn't remember downloading the child pornography but didn't contest that he possessed it.

"This is the first that I'm hearing a description of the pictures," Mraz said. "I don't recall those types of images, but if they're on the computer, they're there."

Mraz, 67, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, criminal use of a communication device and possessing obscene or sexual materials, all felonies. He will be sentenced in about 90 days, following a Megan's Law review. Under a plea deal, Mraz's minimum sentence will be capped at six months, though he could serve as much as a year in prison.

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So lying isn't a sin, I guess. But only 6-12 months?

[Lordquinton]

1. Sex offendors getting such light sentences

Is why we have to have a registry. Their victims can never move past it, so why should the perpetrators?