Molestation hearing for former Woodland priest delayed until April

CALIFORNIA
Daily Democrat

By KATHERINE JARVIS
dailydemocrat.com
Created: 03/14/2012

A former Woodland priest will not return to Sacramento Superior Court on molestation charges until April.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda, 32, served as a priest at Woodland’s Holy Rosary Catholic Church from 2007 until 2009.

His hearing last Friday was continued until 1:35 p.m. Thursday, April 12. He has yet to enter a plea to seven counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a girl under the age of 14 between 2007 and 2009.

According to the criminal complaint, the crimes occurred in Sacramento and Shasta counties, where Ojeda was a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mercy parish in Redding.

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