MINNESOTA
KEYC
By Dan Ruiter, News Director
BLUE EARTH, Minn. –
A Catholic Priest pleads guilty to Criminal Sexual Conduct today.
Father Leo Koppala pleaded guilty to second degree criminal sexual conduct in a Faribault County Courtroom Monday. Koppala was a priest in Blue Earth at the time of the crime.
Investigators say Koppala inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl at her home last June.
The Diocese of Winona put Koppala on leave while the case was in the courts.
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