Ohio Priest Accused of Sex Trafficking Arrested by FBI

A Catholic priest who led Mass at his Ohio church early Tuesday morning was arrested hours later, according to the FBI.

Father Michael Zacharias, a priest at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Findlay, faces multiple sex trafficking charges. He is believed to have “engaged in sexual conduct with minors since the late 1990s,” according to the FBI, and they searching for other possible victims.

Video shows Zacharias leading Tuesday’s Mass. The FBI said he was later arrested at his home without incident.

The 53-year-old is charged with coercion and enticement, sex trafficking of a minor and sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud or coercion.

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