Priest Sentenced After Admitting Sex Abuse
Crime • March 2012 • Views: 1,423
A defrocked priest accused of sex abuse in the pedophilia scandal that has rocked the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia pleaded guilty yesterday, just days before he, another priest and a higher-ranking monsignor were scheduled to go to trial.
Edward Avery, 69, admitted to sex abuse involving a 10-year-old boy and was sentenced to 2 1/2 to five years in prison for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and criminal conspiracy to endanger the welfare of children.