Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Church Official Charged With Molesting Boy

A 58-year-old director of religious education at a small Catholic church on Willoughby near Taaffe Place was accused Friday of molesting a 10-year-old boy. The man, Angelo Serrano, of St. Lucy-St. Patrick Church, was arraigned Saturday on one count of first-degree sexual abuse and held on $150,000 bail, NY1 reports.

According to WABC-TV news, Mr. Serrano may be linked to as many as 17 other abuse cases. The Post reported that Mr. Serrano confessed to fondling more than a dozen other young boys.

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