Wanted priest arrested in India

INDIA
Praetoria News (South Africa)

Indian police say they have arrested a Catholic priest wanted in the United States on charges of sexually assaulting a teenage parishioner in Minnesota.

The Rev Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul appeared on Monday in a New Delhi court and will be held in custody pending an official US request for his extradition.

Police Sub-inspector Pugal Maran says Jeyapaul was detained Friday near the southern Indian town of Erode after Interpol issued an alert.

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