Noonan: "The press has been the best friend of the Catholic Church on the scandals because it exposed the story and made the church face it."
[URL=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36175287/ns/world_news-world_faith/ Priest accused of U.S. abuse now works in India[/URL]
- Indian national Priest accused of molesting a girl while he was serving in the Crookston MN diocese
- Priest had returned to India to visit ailing mother
- Allegations surface
- Diocese told him he should stay in India / Crookston bishop tells him to not return
- Priest now has office job in India
Does India extradite?
Serving the Savior, Pastor Wes Helfenbein 2 Cor. 5:17
[URL=http://www.startribune.com/local/90051687.html Accused priest won’t fight extradition to Minnesota[/URL]
A Roman Catholic priest from India accused of raping a 15-year-old girl while serving in Minnesota reversed his stance Tuesday and said that he won’t challenge an extradition order that has been issued in Roseau County.
The Rev. Joseph Jeyapaul, who served in the Diocese of Crookston in 2004 and 2005, faces charges of first-degree sexual conduct. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison.
Roseau County Attorney Lisa Hanson said that even with him dropping his challenge, she won’t be confronting him in a courtroom anytime soon.
“I’m being told by legal officials in India that this could take three to four years,” she said.
When contacted by reporters in India, Jeyapaul told the New York Times that he volunteered to cooperate with the extradition. But the Times of India reported that the country’s top Roman Catholic officials ordered him to do so.
“He has to oblige. There is no way out,” Archbishop M. Chinnappa was quoted as saying.
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