OREGON
Fox 12
By FOX 12 Webstaff
WOODBURN, OR (KPTV) –
A judge has removed himself from the case of a Woodburn priest accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy.
Judge Thomas Hart recused himself without reason from the case of Father Angel Perez on Monday, according to the judge’s office.
Marion County Circuit Court Judge Susan Tripp will now be assigned to the case.
The alleged victim called police early in the morning Aug. 13 to report inappropriate contact from Perez, the head priest at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Woodburn.
According to court documents filed by Woodburn police, the alleged victim told detectives he was spending the night at the priest’s home in Woodburn and woke up to flashes, possibly from a cell phone camera.
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