VIRGINIA
Culpeper Star-Exponent
By Rhonda Simmons | Culpeper Star-Exponent
CULPEPER — A former Precious Blood Catholic Church priest received a 30-day suspended jail sentence Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to groping an 87-year-old parishioner.
Culpeper County General District Judge Dale Durrer approved an agreement Wednesday in which the Rev. Anselme Malonda–Nkuanga pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery and was given a suspended sentence and $400 fine, which the judge reduced to $200.
The suspended sentence and reduced fine are contingent on Malonda–Nkuanga remaining on good behavior for two years. He also must pay $89 in court costs.
Malonda–Nkuanga, who served as the parish pastor in Culpeper from July 2012 until July 2016, also was instructed not to contact the victim or her family. Malonda–Nkuanga left Precious Blood last summer and was serving as minister at St. Eugene Catholic Church in Wendell, North Carolina, when the incident occurred on Oct. 1.
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