INDIA
The Hindu
A 48-year-old Catholic priest from Andhra Pradesh has been deported from the US after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
Leo Charles Koppala, who previously worked with the Archdiocese of Winona, Minnesota, was escorted by officers of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) on a commercial flight and turned over to Indian authorities on May 14 in New Delhi, the federal agency said.
This deportation was conducted by officers with ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Bloomington, Minnesota.
On June 8, 2013, the Blue Earth (Minnesota) Police Department arrested Koppala and charged him with second-degree criminal sexual conduct. The victim was 12-year-old at the time of the offense.
On June 10, 2013, Koppala posted bail and was released from local custody. Koppala was convicted on March 31 at the Faribault County District Court at Blue Earth of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, and was sentenced to 31 days, with credit for time served, and 25 years supervised probation.
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