CALIFORNIA
WTOV
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, WTOV9 FRIDAY, JULY 1ST 2016
SAN DIEGO, Ca. — A former seminarian has been sentenced in San Diego to nearly 16 years in prison for trying to adopt or purchase infants from Mexico to sexually molest them.
Joel Wright of Ohio pleaded guilty in April to a federal charge of attempted enticement of a minor. A judge on Friday sentenced him to 15 years, eight months.
Wright placed Craigslist ads for a Tijuana tour guide, then told someone who responded that he wanted a baby girl for sex. Wright acknowledged sending explicit emails describing his desires to assault children, from infants up to the age of 4.
The person he contacted was cooperating with authorities, and Wright was arrested when he flew into San Diego in January.
Wright is a former student of Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.
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