BELVIDERE (IL)
Rockford Register Star
By GERI NIKOLAI, Rockford Register Star
BELVIDERE – A former Belvidere priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a second girl while he served at a Catholic high school in Aurora.
Mark A. Campobello was relieved of his duties at St. James Parish in Belvidere after his arrest Dec. 3 on charges that he sexually abused a then-14-year-old girl between January and May 1999. That case is still wending its way through Kane County Court.
On Friday, an Oct. 14 indictment was unsealed in court, charging Campobello with three additional counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. The acts were said to have occurred between November 1999 and March 2000 involving a different female.
“The defendant was serving as a teacher and priest at Aurora Central Catholic High School … and held a position of trust, authority or supervision in relation to the minor during the time of the allegations,” according to a release from the Kane County state’s attorney.
Campobello, 38, pleaded not guilty to the three new charges and posted a bond of $5,000 cash. Bail had been set at $50,000.
