FARGO, (ND)
KVRR
February 14, 2018
By Joe Radske
IN DECEMBER, SAYASAYA’S BAIL WAS SET AT $5 MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE PROSECUTORS CONSIDER HIM A FLIGHT RISK.
Fernando Sayasaya, the former Fargo Catholic priest accused of molesting two underage boys, plead not guilty in a Cass County Court this morning.
Sayasaya, 53, waived his preliminary hearing.
His next court date will be in April.
In December, Sayasaya’s bail was set at $5 million dollars because prosecutors consider him a flight risk.
Over the course of 19 years, it took the Fargo and West Fargo Police Departments, the FBI, U.S. Marshals and the Philippines national police to capture and bring former Catholic priest Fernando Sayasaya back to North Dakota.
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