UPDATE:: Utah priest busted in prostitution sting could receive 'new pastoral assignment'A Utah priest has been charged with patronizing a prostitute after he was arrested by Salt Lake City police in August during a sting operation.
A Utah Catholic priest arrested for soliciting a prostitute back in September may be reassigned, according to a letter sent to his parishioners from the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.
Father Andrzej Pawel Skrzypiec, 63, was arrested in September after Salt Lake City Police said he agreed to pay $30 to an undercover police officer for a sex act. The arrest occurred during an undercover prostitution sting at 200 N. 900 W.
According to court documents, Skrzypiec pleaded no contest to the charge in November, and the case was dismissed after he underwent a health test.
Andrzej Skrzypiec, 63, who was then leading Salt Lake City’s St.
Ambrose Parish and was chaplain over J.E. Cosgriff Memorial Catholic
School, approached an undercover officer downtown near 200 N. 900 West
on Aug. 24, according to a probable cause statement. He allegedly agreed
to pay her $30 for oral sex, the statement said, and she told him to
meet her at a nearby hotel.
Another officer waiting down the street pulled over Skrzypiec when he
left the area and arrested him. He was charged a month later with a
class A misdemeanor count for making a sex deal. He has denied the
allegation and told police he was there to get food from a taco stand.
Utah priest charged with patronizing a prostitute - The Salt Lake Tribune: Andrzej Skrzypiec
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