MINNESOTA
India West
ROSEAU, Minn. — Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, a Catholic priest from India, pleaded guilty May 22 to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl while serving in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston in northwestern Minnesota.
According to the Pioneer Press, the guilty plea comes nearly ten years after the incident occurred at his home in Greenbush, Minn.
Jeyapaul, 60, was extradited from India to the U.S. in November to face criminal charges brought in two different cases in Minnesota 9th District Court in Roseau, Minn., both alleging sexual abuse by Jeyapaul of underage female parishioners.
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