LOS ANELES (CA)
CBS Los Angeles
[with video]
[Joseph Pina – Los Angeles archdiocese]
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles Unified School District was investigating Monday how a former priest, who admitted to a sexual relationship with an underage girl, was employed by the school system.
Joseph Piña, 66, worked for the LAUSD in school development from 2008 until he was laid off in 2012. According to LAUSD officials, Piña continued to work for the district occasionally up until last week.
Piña was defrocked in 2006 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles after repeated confessions of a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl as well as a series of investigations into sexual misconduct.
The LAUSD was first notified Piña’s sexual abuse allegations last week when thousands of pages of sex abuse documents were released by the Archdiocese.
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