New Jersey Priest Accused of Pointing Gun at 8-Year-Old

— -- A New Jersey priest was jailed after he was accused of pointing a gun at an 8-year-old before services at his church.

Father Kevin Carter allegedly took an 8-year-old to a rectory room at the St. Margaret of Cortona Roman Catholic Church in Little Ferry, New Jersey, and told the child to stand against the wall, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said.

Carter then "retrieved a long gun from nearby and pointed it at the child with an indication that he would shoot him," the prosecutor's office said in a press release.

The gun was described as a functioning Civil War-style musket, according to the prosecutor's office.

The alleged incident took place before Sunday services on Sept. 13 after the boy arrived at church with his family, and was "witnessed by several individuals that were standing outside of the room," the prosecutor's office reported.