Former Tulia Priest Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

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My High Plains

[with video]

Martin Barbosa

TULIA — A former Tulia priest will spend the next ten years behind bars after pleading guilty to Indecency With a Child.

John Salazar entered that plea yesterday.

He’s guilty of one count of indeceny with a child. The incident happened back in 2001 in Tulia.

Salazar was a priest from the Amarillo Catholic Diocese working there until 2003.

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