Preliminary hearing for priest accused of raping airman moved to January

KMVT
October 26, 2016

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Pictured Victor F. Jagerstatter. Photo courtesy of Elmore County Sheriff's Office.

A Catholic priest from Mountain Home who’s been accused of raping an airman was scheduled to be in court Monday.

The preliminary hearing for Victor F. Jagerstatter’s was rescheduled for Jan. 6, 2016 at 11 a.m. in Elmore County.

Jagerstatter, 39, was accused of attempting oral sex with an airman who was passed out, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Court documents state that on July 9, the victim, an airman at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, was intoxicated and passed out in a room he rented from Jagerstatter's house on 13th Street North after a night of drinking. Sometime after he passed out from intoxication, the court documents state, the victim woke up and saw Jagerstatter kneeling beside his bed moving toward him attempting oral sex.

The victim had been renting a room since June 30, according to the documents. The incident was reported to the Mountain Home Air Force Base July 11. Mountain Home Police says it arrested the Our Lady Good Counsel priest for sexual abuse and exploitation of a vulnerable adult because the victim "unable to protect himself from exploitation due to his mental impairment because of his level of intoxication" and "lacked the capacity to make or communicate decisions regarding his person."

The charge was later amended to rape, according to online court records.

In July, the priest was placed on administrative leave, according to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise.