Crime & Safety
Novi Priest Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges
The Catholic priest has been banned from working in the church, according to reports.
A 62-year-old Novi resident and Catholic priest has plead guilty to two federal child pornography charges, according to reports.
An article in the Novi News states that Timothy Murray made the pleas July 24.
Murray pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography, the article states.
Murray was removed as a Catholic priest by the Archdiocese of Detroit in 2004 after an investigation of complaints of sexual abuse, according to the Novi News.
Murray is expected to be sentenced Dec. 4 in federal court.
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