Sunday, December 4, 2011

Northern California priest faces 7 counts of molesting teen girl

SACRAMENTO -- A Catholic priest from Northern California has been arraigned on seven charges of child molestation involving a 14-year-old girl.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda appeared in Sacramento County Superior Court on Friday, The Sacramento Bee reported. (http://bit.ly/s6SnS9 ) He did not enter a plea.

The 32-year-old priest has been a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mercy parish in Redding, in Northern California, since 2009. Before that, he served at a parish in Woodland.

The charges filed Friday accuse him of lewd and lascivious acts with a 14-year-old girl on four different dates in 2007 and 2009.

Ojeda's attorney, Jesse Ortiz, asked people not to make judgments until the facts of the case are known. He called Ojeda "a good man who has dedicated his life to helping people."


Source: http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19463505?source=rss

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