Delorenzo, 84, is expected to serve five years of probation. The first year of his probation will be served in Genesee County Jail. His sentencing is set for June 13 at 8:30 a.m.
The other charges that were dismissed by the state in exchange for Delorenzo’s guilty plea alleged that from 1995-2000 the priest sexually assaulted a male child while the boy was a student at Holy Redeemer School in Burton, Michigan. According to The Burton View, the school closed in 2009.
According to an affidavit accompanying the original complaint against Delorenzo, from June 1988 to January 2002 he served as the pastor of Holy Redeemer Church in Burton, which owned the school. The Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame staffed the school.
The priest was ordained in 1965, the affidavit said.
After the first complaint, Delorenzo was removed from active ministry and never returned, the release said. All allegations against the priest were referred to law enforcement, according to the diocese’s press release.
Now that legal proceedings are nearing conclusion, the diocese is pursuing laicization of the priest.