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Not sure what God thinks, but prosecutors say a professor at Christ the King Seminary is facing charges that he stalked a WKBW (Buffalo) Reporter who was investigating the Buffalo Catholic Diocese.

Federal prosecutors claim Paul E. Lubienecki engaged in a campaign of intimidation that included death threats against WKBW Reporter Charlie Specht.

Specht was unnamed in court documents, but the Scripps station confirmed it was Specht who received the threats.

Specht has actively been involved in investigating the diocese's sexual abuse scandal and has won state and national awards for his work.

Arrested by the FBI Wednesday morning, Lubienecki faces two felony cyberstalking charges and, if convicted, a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

“We were shocked, surprised and scared,” Specht said in a story on WKBW's website. “I got the feeling that this one person – whoever they were – had spent months harassing me about really personal things, and was now threatening violence. I wanted my family to be safe. We put our trust in law enforcement to find out who was doing this.”

“You must be so happy the seminary’s closing,” a voicemail message said, “You’re a bad person. I know where you live ... I’m gonna find you. I’m gonna kill you.”

After the final threat arrived last week, Specht, his wife and children left their home and spent the next week living at a secret location with 24-hour protection from a private security firm, according to the story.

U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder Jr. released Lubienecki, a Hamburg resident and adjunct lecturer at SUNY-Fredonia, on bail but ordered him to stay away from witnesses in the case.

Lubienecki said little during his initial court appearance and is expected to appear again when he has his own attorney.

The diocese also declined comment except to confirm that Lubienecki was put on leave by the seminary until the allegations against him are resolved.

Here is the story that WKBW did on his arrest:

H/T Buffalo News