Fr. James Jackson, a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a felony count of receiving child pornography.
Jackson, who was set to begin trial June 20, accepted a plea deal in which prosecutors agreed to drop possession of child pornography charges in exchange for his guilty plea to receiving child pornography, according to federal database records and the Providence Journal.
He initially had pleaded not guilty to the federal charges.
The 68-year-old priest faces 5-20 years in prison. He will be sentenced in September.
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