NYC Priest Pleads No Contest To Child Sex Charges

Staten Island Advance reports:

A former Staten Island priest already accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a minor in New York pleaded no contest to several charges in Pennsylvania Friday in connection with abuse allegations more than a decade ago.

Rev. James Garisto, 74, pleaded no contest to charges of corruption of a minor and indecent assault after a man came forward accusing the priest of touching him inappropriately at a Fishtown, Pa., home between 2006 and 2010 when he was 15 years old.

Father Garisto, the former principal and academic dean of St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, was arrested on May 4, 2022. Father Garisto is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 7.

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James Garisto, priest at St. Peter’s in Poughkeepsie from 1998 to 2014, faces allegations of sexual abuse in criminal and civil complaints.
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