Saturday, October 03, 2015 8:21:22 PM
A Giant mistake: Priest arrested over claims he pointed musket at 8-year-old boy because of football rivalry
Father Kevin Carter was arrested for allegedly threatening an 8-year-old boy with a musket before Mass on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.
Prosecutors said the priest allegedly pointed the Civil War-style musket at the boy.
St. Margaret's of Cortona Church in Little Ferry, N.J.
October 3, 2015
A football loving New Jersey priest was arrested Friday for allegedly pointing a musket at an 8-year-old boy who committed the cardinal sin of cheering for the Dallas Cowboys.
Father Kevin Carter, a devout Giants fan, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault by pointing a firearm after allegedly threatening to shoot the child for rooting for the Giants arch-rivals, authorities said.
The 54-year-old pastor, assigned to St. Margaret of Cortona Roman Catholic Church in Little Ferry, N.J., was being held on $15,000 bail.
Carter allegedly approached the boy as he and his family arrived for Mass services at the church on Sunday, Sept. 13, hours before the Giants and Cowboys faced off in their first game of the season, and asked to see him in one of the rectory rooms.
Prosecutors said several witnesses watched in horror as the priest stood the boy against the wall and allegedly pointed the Civil War-era musket at his head.
“As he raised his weapon and pointed it at the boy, he said, ‘I’m going to shoot you,’” Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said. “The young boy was apparently a fan of a particular football team, the priest was not. So perhaps we have indication it started out as that.”
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A search of Carter’s room turned up the weapon, described as a “functioning civil war style musket,” as well as gunpowder, ammunition and other items associated with the firearm, authorities said.
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The Archdiocese did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Carter, a Jersey City native, was ordained in Newark in November 1986 and has been at St. Margaret of Cortona since February 2013. He also serves as the Little Falls Police Chaplain and had previously acted as the police chaplain for the Jersey City Police Department.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nj-priest-arrested-pointing-musket-8-year-old-boy-article-1.2383953 [with comments]
Father Kevin Carter was arrested for allegedly threatening an 8-year-old boy with a musket before Mass on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.
Prosecutors said the priest allegedly pointed the Civil War-style musket at the boy.
St. Margaret's of Cortona Church in Little Ferry, N.J.
October 3, 2015
A football loving New Jersey priest was arrested Friday for allegedly pointing a musket at an 8-year-old boy who committed the cardinal sin of cheering for the Dallas Cowboys.
Father Kevin Carter, a devout Giants fan, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault by pointing a firearm after allegedly threatening to shoot the child for rooting for the Giants arch-rivals, authorities said.
The 54-year-old pastor, assigned to St. Margaret of Cortona Roman Catholic Church in Little Ferry, N.J., was being held on $15,000 bail.
Carter allegedly approached the boy as he and his family arrived for Mass services at the church on Sunday, Sept. 13, hours before the Giants and Cowboys faced off in their first game of the season, and asked to see him in one of the rectory rooms.
Prosecutors said several witnesses watched in horror as the priest stood the boy against the wall and allegedly pointed the Civil War-era musket at his head.
“As he raised his weapon and pointed it at the boy, he said, ‘I’m going to shoot you,’” Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said. “The young boy was apparently a fan of a particular football team, the priest was not. So perhaps we have indication it started out as that.”
[...]
A search of Carter’s room turned up the weapon, described as a “functioning civil war style musket,” as well as gunpowder, ammunition and other items associated with the firearm, authorities said.
[...]
The Archdiocese did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Carter, a Jersey City native, was ordained in Newark in November 1986 and has been at St. Margaret of Cortona since February 2013. He also serves as the Little Falls Police Chaplain and had previously acted as the police chaplain for the Jersey City Police Department.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nj-priest-arrested-pointing-musket-8-year-old-boy-article-1.2383953 [with comments]
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