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SACRAMENTO — A suspended Redding priest charged with seven felony counts of child molestation appeared for the first time Thursday in Sacramento County Superior Court since he was released from jail last month after his $5 million bail was reduced to $700,000.
Sacramento defense attorney Jesse Ortiz III, who is representing the Rev. Uriel Ojeda, 32, said his client’s case was put off Thursday until March 9 to allow more time to investigate.
But, he said, it’s unlikely the investigation will be finished by the March status conference date.
“That takes time,” he said.
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