SAN DIEGO (CA)
NBC 7 TV
December 12, 2018
An attorney and former U.S. Naval officer who was studying to become a priest accused a San Diego-area priest of grabbing his genitals after a night of drinking in a Carlsbad restaurant and bar.
Rev. Juan Garcia Castillo, a former associate pastor at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Carlsbad, is accused of misdemeanor sexual battery for the incident that is alleged to have occurred on Feb. 4.
A 34-year-old testified in court Wednesday that he was a seminary student when he joined Castillo, 35, and another seminary student for a beer at BJ’s in Carlsbad.
Surveillance video shows the three men sitting for more than four hours drinking and talking.
After two hours at the restaurant, the accuser estimated he had finished two and was drinking a third Long Island Iced Teas.
“I was drunk but I knew what was happening,” he said from the stand.
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