Michael Zacharias’s victims said the priest waited until they began abusing drugs before he sexually trafficked them

A Roman Catholic priest received a life sentence on Friday for his convictions on five counts related to sex-trafficking charges in the molestation of three boys whom prosecutors say he met at an Ohio preschool and coerced to continue sexual activity as adults.

Michael Zacharias, 56, received concurrent, maximum life sentences for counts of sex trafficking a minor and sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud or coercion. He received concurrent 20-year sentences for two counts of sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud or coercion, and one of similarly trafficking a minor.

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    1 year ago

    First time I’m hearing about the church doing something bad. I say just leave them be; the rest of them are 100% not child molesters.

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        With the “100%” wording in there, I figured it wasn’t necessary. If Murphy’s law becomes true here, so be it.

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            1 year ago

            If you want the correct information, just provide the wrong statement, and someone will correct you. Lol.

            But yeah, your right. I fudged up.