Kittanning Council does not have the
authority to remove a councilman from office despite charges he engaged
in sexual contact with a disabled 14-year-old, Council President Kim
Chiesa said Friday.
On Thursday, Council Vice President David
John Croyle, 60, was arrested and charged with felony counts of
statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse,
unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault of a person
with a mental disability, corruption of minors and related charges.
Croyle is the editor and publisher of the
Kittanning Paper and senior pastor at the Family-Life Church on South
Jefferson Street in Kittanning.
Also arrested and facing identical charges
is Applewold Council President Mark Alan Feeney, 55, who also serves as
chief of the East Franklin Township Fire Department and fire marshal for
North Buffalo Township.
Official: Councilmen accused of child sex assault can't be forced from office | TribLIVE
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