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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 08:19 PM
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Priest accused of U.S. sex abuse still working in India
Priest accused of U.S. sex abuse still working in India

ST. PAUL — A Roman Catholic priest was in his native India in 2007 when he was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl at his former post in Minnesota. Three years later, he is still serving as a priest in India with the blessing of his local bishop.
And the Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul has no intention of returning to the U.S. to answer the charges.

His bishop said Jeyapaul handles paperwork for schools in the diocese office and does not work with children.

"We cannot simply throw out the priest, so he is just staying in the bishop's house, and he is helping me with the appointment of teachers," said the Most Rev. A. Almaraj of the Diocese of Ootacamund in southern India. "He says he is innocent, and these are only allegations. ... I don't know what else to do."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-04-05-church-abuse-india_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 08:25 PM
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1. Quote: I don't know what else to do."
I know what you can do.. You can go fuck yourself.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 08:28 PM
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2. community churches should not be exempt from the laws of the community
to give them immunity is nuts, in my opinion.
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