EX-PRIEST GETS JAIL IN PORN CASE (He draws 3 12 year sentence after authorities discover hundreds of sexual images of young boys on computer in Roosevelt church rectory)

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

Thomas G. Saloy, a 46 year old Catholic priest based in Roosevelt, pleaded guilty on November 30, 2006, to possession of child pornography and acknowledged grappling with sexually compulsive behavior years before his arrest.  Saloy admitted that he kept at least three sexually explicit images of minors in his rectory computer.  The felony plea could cost him up to 10 years in prison or a psychological treatment facility.  He was suspended by the church after his November 17 arrest and has been confined to a psychological ward at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre since then.

On May 2, 2008, Saloy was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison.  He was sentenced on a charge of possession of child pornography.  As part of his plea deal, Saloy admitted to possessing less than half of the lewd images prosecutors initially found in his possession.  

(New York)