Crime & Safety
Ex-Priest Charged With Filming Boy In Pittsburgh Target Restroom
The priest was named in a 2018 state grand jury report on predatory priests.
PITTSBURGH, PA — A former priest was arrested for allegedly filming a 13-year-old boy in a Target store restroom in East Liberty. Paul Spisak, 77, a former priest at St. Mary of the Mount in Pittsburgh, St. Benedict the Abbot in McMurray, St. Dominic in Donora and St. Mary, Cecil, was taken into custody as he attempted to drive away from the store.
Spisak faces child pornography and invasion of privacy charges.
Spisak's name surfaced in a 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report into allegations of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests and clergy in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
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According to the report, in October 1998, parish staff from St. Dominic reported finding
pornographic magazines, tapes and internet material in Spisak’s room that depicted homosexual and sadomasochistic activity.
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