An Ohio priest was arrested at his home Tuesday morning on allegations that he engaged in the sex trafficking of a minor, prosecutors said.
Michael Zacharias, 53, was taken into custody at his Findlay home – about 45 miles south of Toledo-- “without incident,” the FBI said in a press release.
Zacharias is charged with sex trafficking of a minor, sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud or coercion, and coercion or enticement.
Zacharias, a priest at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Findlay, Ohio, was ordained in 2002. A criminal complaint says that investigators are aware that his alleged sexual conduct with minors goes back to the late 1990s.
Since his arrest, he has been placed on leave by the Diocese of Toledo. Bishop Daniel Thomas said he was “shocked” and “grieved” to learn about the allegations against Zacharias.
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