Priest charged in slots probe

"The charge against the Rev. Joseph F. Sica of Scranton was the first returned by a grand jury investigating whether DeNaples misled Pennsylvania regulators in his bid for a coveted slots license for the Mount Airy Casino Resort in the Poconos.

"...At Sica's arraignment, fresh details emerged about the longtime priest and DeNaples adviser.

"...The perjury charge stems from Sica's testimony to the grand jury Aug. 29. He told the panel, according to court papers, that he had not had a personal relationship with Bufalino outside a chance meeting more than two decades earlier.

"...Sica, by all accounts, is not the main focus of the grand jury. The panel for months has been focusing on DeNaples, who in October opened the state's first standalone slot-machine casino..."