MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com
PUBLISHED: October 7, 2016
A San Diego priest has been charged with having sex with a woman he was spiritually advising.
Jacob A. Bertrand, 34, of San Diego was charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct Friday in Dakota County District Court.
The offense allegedly took place in 2010 while Bertrand was visiting the woman’s family in Mendota Heights.
Under Minnesota law, a member of the clergy who has sex with a person they’re not married to “during the course of a meeting in which the complainant sought or received religious spiritual advice” is guilty of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, even if the sex is consensual.
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