He was a Catholic priest with a secret life, posing on the Internet as "Katie Caponetti," a teenage girl. The priest would email a photo of a girl's naked torso, or a video of a
naked girl masturbating, and claim it was "Katie." Then he would ask the
girls he met online to send back naked photos and videos of themselves.
"A predator" who sexually exploited both
teenage girls and boys was how Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Rotella
described Father Mark Haynes in federal court today. "He surrounded
himself with children," the prosecutor said. Throughout his 30-year
career as a priest, he used his position to "sexually exploit and
sexually abuse children."
