Retired priest charged with child porn has Ossining ties

A 96-year-old retired Catholic priest was charged Tuesday with more than 70 counts of possession of child pornography, the Bronx District Attorney's Office said.

Monsignor Harry Byrne, who celebrated weekend masses at St. Ann's Church in Ossining during the 2000's, was charged after a five-month investigation that determined he surfed online for images of young girls, prosecutors said. 

Byrne was arraigned on 37 counts each of possessing obscene sexual performance by a child and possessing a sexual performance by a child.  

A resident of St. John Vianney Center for Retired Priests in the Bronx, Byrne was released after the arraignment and is due back in court in January.

Retired priest charged with child porn has Ossining ties