The middle school teacher, believed to be in his 40s, found himself ensnared in a sophisticated online sting operation akin to the infamous "To Catch a Predator" series.
Inside the red brick walls of the Church of Saint Rita, 9-year-old Steven Cowen was Father Stephen Gregory's "favorite altar boy." The then-32-year-old Catholic priest at the Staten Island church used to take Cowen out of his classes and ply him.