CALIFORNIA
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento

Father Hector Coria, a priest of the Diocese of Sacramento serving since July 1, 2012 as parochial vicar of St. James Parish in Davis, was arrested May 9 by Davis police on suspicion of statutory rape and oral copulation with a minor.

Police began investigating the sexual abuse charges against Father Coria, 45, earlier this month, according to a spokesman for the Davis Police Department. Father Coria allegedly befriended the 17-year-old female victim in late 2013, police said.

“In late 2013, Father Coria began a sexual relationship with the minor and engaged in that sexual relationship on multiple occasions since 2013,” a department news release said.

On May 9, Davis police served search warrants at multiple locations and subsequently arrested Father Coria. He was booked into Yolo County Jail on May 9 but was released on bail as of the evening of May…