Father James Ward Jackson, 68, a former Rhode Island priest assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Providence, was sentenced today to six years in federal prison, having previously admitted to a federal judge that that he downloaded and stored thousands of file
Father Jackson, 68, a priest of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, was originally arrested in October 2021 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Providence, Rho.
Jackson, who faces charges of possessing child pornography, claimed he was molested by the mother of another child in his Boy Scout Troop when he was 10.
A RI Catholic priest pleaded for a sentence of five years after admitting to child pornography charges, apologizing for his “vile sin,” The Pillar reported.