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Aurora Beacon-News
Dan Campana
Aurora Beacon-News
Former Aurora priest Alfredo Pedraza-Arias asked a federal judge in June for a “voluntary removal” from the United States, a decision Kane County prosecutors suggest he made to evade a trial on charges of sexually abusing two young girls.
That allegation by prosecutors is contained in a third motion seeking to have 51-year-old Arias’ bail revoked in order to delay his deportation until after he stands trial beginning Sept. 18.
Arias has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse stemming from an investigation that authorities said revealed he fondled the girls — who were under the age of 6 — at Aurora’s Sacred Heart Church between 2012 and 2014.
Arias, charged in 2016, returns to court Friday for a third hearing on his bail.
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