Former MI Catholic Priest Guilty In Child Sex Sting

Kalamazoo’s CBS affiliate reports:

A former Michigan priest arrested by authorities who posed as a 15-year-old boy on the dating app Grindr has been convicted. Aaron Nowicki, 49, was convicted of child sexually abusive activity on Thursday, according to a news release from Chippewa County Prosecutor Robert L. Stratton.

Nowicki resigned from priestly ministry in Jan. 2019 after it was alleged he had an “improper, but not criminal, relationship with a vulnerable adult,” the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette said in a statement.

During a 2021 operation, the Genesee Human Oppression Strike Team, or GHOST, collaborated with Upper Peninsula law enforcement agencies in an undercover operation posing as a 15-year-old boy on the dating app Grindr.

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A jury convicted Aaron Nowicki last week, two years after he was originally arrested and charged in the case. https://t.co/Rf50OYWZpB

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Being blessed by our new priest, Fr. Aaron Nowicki! pic.twitter.com/Jc92kgtlpi

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