MINNESOTA
Valley News
Greenbush, MN (Valley News Live) “Shocking”, that’s how a former, Clay County prosecutor describes the decision by the Catholic Church, to lift the suspension of a former northwestern Minnesota priest.
Sixty-one-year old Father Joseph Jeyapaul, plead guilty and was convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct, involving a teenage girl at Greenbush, Minnesota.
Now, he’s back in his native country of India, and the Church has lifted its suspension against him, which could allow him to work in the church again.
Father Joseph Jeyapaul plead guilty to 4th Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct for abusing a teenage girl at his residence, next to the Catholic Church in Greenbush, Minnesota.
Jeyapaul wound up serving 4 years in prison, before being sent back to his native Country of India, where now, church officials have lifted a suspension against him. It will be decided in May, whether Jeyapaul will begin working in the church again.
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