By Monica Balderrama
KFOX
May 12, 2008
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/16245995/detail.html
[with video]
EL PASO, Texas — Father Philip Taban, a national of the African nation of Uganda, was a visiting priest at Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini Church in East El Paso.
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After 90 days of living in the United States, 39-year-old Taban was arrested on charges of sexual assault.
"She said no. She said, no he did not have her consent. She said no and he did it anyway by means of physical force and violence," said prosecutor Humberto Acosta.
Father Francisco Lopez took the stand and testified what Taban had told him.
"He said yes, there was a girl and we had a good time. And I asked that if he had had sexual contact with this girl and he said yes," said Lopez.
During cross examination, defense attorney Luis Aguilar asked if the church frowns upon sex between two consensual adults.
"That disappoints you," said Aguilar.
"It disappointed me because of the situation, not the act but the position he was putting the community in," said Lopez.
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