MISSISSIPPI
WDAM

By Eddie Robertson, Reporter
By Amanda LaBrot, Reporter

JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) –
A former Jones County priest is behind bars for allegedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy.

“Now you see here a priest, a man of the cloth, has violated a young child,” Jones County Sheriff Alex Hodge said. “We know for a fact that the 12-year-old boy, on two different occasions that we know of, was engaged in a sexual act with this man. You think ‘Well how did that happen?’ You’ve got a grown man who’s influenced this 12-year-old kid to allow the priest to perform sexual acts on him. Sick.”

Sheriff Hodge said 36-year-old Jose Vazquez was charged with two counts of sexual battery of a minor, and had his bond set at $100,000 cash bond due to him being a flight risk.

“He just recently returned from Mexico,” Hodge said….