MINNESOTA
Grand Forks Herald
By Sarah Volpenhein Today
A Roman Catholic priest convicted of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl while working as a priest in Minnesota will walk a free man.
Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul was sentenced to time already served in jail after pleading guilty to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in Roseau County District Court.
As part of a plea agreement with the state, Jeyapaul was sentenced to one year and one day behind bars, time he had already served since his arrest in India in 2012.
Jeyapaul also faced charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in a second case out of Roseau County, but those were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
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