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Ex-priest pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges in Bucks County courthouse
DOYLESTOWN, Penn. - An ex-priest accused of sexually abusing boys in the area pleads guilty in connection with those crimes.“Do you have any comment at all? Why plead guilty?” asked FOX 29’s Jeff Cole.“No comment,” was Francis Trauger’s reply.Suspended as a priest in 2003 and kicked out two years later, Trauger, now living in Brooklyn, New York, came to admit guilt.“I was 12-years-old, so, today I represent that 12-year-old,” Mike McDonnell stated.McDonnell, a leader of a Philadelphia group of survivors of priest abuse known as SNAP, says Trauger abused him when he served as a priest in a Montgomery County church.AdvertisementMcDonnell’s allegations are too old for criminal prosecution.“It certainly will send a message that this will not be