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CREATED: 06/27/2014
A Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl he met while working at a Davis church.
Rev. Hector Coria Gonzales, 45, entered his plea at a conditional hearing Friday morning, where he admitted to one felony count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
The girl made her first appearance in the courtroom on Friday, stating that “all of the conduct between the two was consensual and there was no abuse or manipulation,” according to the Davis Enterprise.
The girl, identified as “M.L.” in court documents, expressed that she did not want to see the matter prosecuted, and added that she would record her comments in a letter to be read at Gonzales’ sentencing, the Enterprise reported.
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