SANTA MONICA (CA)
Santa Monica Mirror
Posted Jul. 30, 2012
Brenton Garen / Editor-in-Chief
St. Anne’s Church priest Rafael Venegas will be arraigned at the LAX Courthouse this Friday on two charges — sexual battery and providing a minor under the age of 21 with alcohol.
SMPD Sgt. Richard Lewis said Venegas turned himself into the department and was in the process of posting $20,000 bail.
An adult female, who is not a parishioner of St. Anne’s at 2017 Colorado Avenue, contacted the Santa Monica Police Department on July 1 and reported that the sexual battery incident involving Venegas occurred on the property of St. Anne’s Parish in September 2011.
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