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Nov 17, 2023 · A priest was sentenced today to life in prison for sex trafficking in northern Ohio. A federal jury in Toledo, Ohio, previously found defendant Michael Zacharias, 56, guilty of five counts of sex trafficking following a two-week trial in May.
Mar 19, 2024 · Pope Francis has laicized an Ohio priest, Michael Zacharias, who was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking by a federal jury in Ohio last May.
Nov 18, 2023 · The priest, Michael Zacharias, 56, was found guilty in May of five counts of sex trafficking by a federal jury in Toledo, Ohio, in a case that prosecutors said revealed how a trusted spiritual...
Nov 19, 2023 · Testimony and evidence at trial showed Zacharias developed relationships with the victims' families when they were young to gain their trust, prosecutors said. As the victims got older, he exploited their fears, their housing instability and their criminal records to force them into commercial sex.
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Nov 19, 2023 · Testimony and evidence at trial showed Zacharias developed relationships with the victims' families when they were young to gain their trust, prosecutors said.
- Eduardo Cuevas
- Breaking News Reporter, Health
Nov 18, 2023 · Rev. Michael Jude Zacharias, 56, was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking earlier this year. He was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. Over time, like so many young Americans, the boys developed opioid addictions.
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May 12, 2023 · TOLEDO - Guilty on all five counts was the verdict Friday in the federal sex-trafficking trial of the Rev. Michael Jude Zacharias, a Roman Catholic priest who has led parishes in Mansfield...