A PARISH DIVIDED OVER PRIEST (A fierce debate over Internet sites he visited)

PFMLIT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, CLERGY, General, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF TRUST

The Rev. Charles Papa, a well-liked pastor at St. Louis de Montfort Church, visited hundreds of pornographic Web sites from his rectory computer.  Papa's friends say he admitted to his actions.  He left the Sound Beach parish last month to seek counseling and a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Rockville Centre said he is on a medical leave of absence to treat depression.  Papa's critics charge the Web sites he had been visiting involved child pornography and revealed a possible sexual interest in young boys.

(New York)