ALBUQUERQUE (NM)
The Republic
September 25, 2018
The Latest on a former New Mexico priest who fled the U.S. decades ago (all times local):
12:40 p.m.
A federal judge has ordered a priest who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse to be held pending trial.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Molzen ruled Tuesday that Arthur Perrault was a flight risk despite arguments from his defense attorney that he had no passport, no family and no means to leave the country.
Prosecutor Sean Sullivan argued that the 80-year-old priest was a danger to the community.
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