Trenton, NJ
An Ocean County, New Jersey man was charged today with sexually
abusing a 14-month-old boy and streaming footage of the sexual assault
over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Rodford W. Brindley, Jr., 67, of Toms River, New Jersey, was arrested
and charged by complaint with one count of sexual exploitation of a
child. He is scheduled today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lois Goodman
in Trenton federal court.
According to the complaint, law enforcement in Ohio had previously
discovered Brindley through their own cybercrime investigation and had
engaged in online chats with him. On April 2, 2012, Ohio law enforcement
was engaged in an online chat with Brindley when he began sexually
assaulting a toddler, recording and sharing the assault over the
Internet using a webcam. Ohio law enforcement determined that Brindley
was an Ocean County, New Jersey resident and immediately contacted New
Jersey law enforcement, which obtained arrest and search warrants.
Pittsburgh, PA
A Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of
violating federal child sexual exploitation laws, United States
Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
Bartley Sorensen, 63, pleaded guilty before United States District
Judge Alan N. Bloch to receiving and possessing visual depictions of
minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that
Sorensen, a priest at St. John Fisher Church in Churchill, received and
possessed many images of minors being sexually abused between June 2011
and December 9, 2011.
“This case is particularly disturbing because it involves a priest, a
man in a position of great trust, viewing horrific and degrading images
of children,” U.S. Attorney Hickton said. “Consumers of these violent
sexual images fuel the production of more images, and the demand for
increasingly extreme content. This is not a ‘victimless’ crime.”
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