A priest who was convicted of sexually assaulting poor street children during missionary trips to Honduras and said federal prosecutors wrongly withheld evidence in his case won't get a new trial, a judge ruled. The priest, 70-year-old Joseph Maurizio, was convicted in the sexual tourism case in September.
U.S. District Judge Kim Gibson rejected his appeal, clearing the way for
him to be sentenced on March 2, barring further appeals. The Johnstown
judge found that an accuser's statement was wrongly withheld but
wouldn't have changed the outcome of the priest's trial.
