EL PASO (TX)
CBS 4 News
July 11, 2019
By Justin Kree
Bishop Mark Seitz of the El Paso Catholic Diocese was called to testify in the trial of a former El Paso priest accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1990s.
Seitz was only on the stand for 10 to 15 minutes.
He was questioned about a telephone conversation with former priest Miguel Luna in August 2017.
On Tuesday, Luna pleaded not guilty to all 12 counts of sexual assault of a young girl who served as an altar server in the church where Luna was a priest in El Paso
Seitz faced rapid questioning about the phone call, and was not able to fully answer one question without being asked another.
Seitz recounted that Luna sounded groggy during their conversation — and got angry when Seitz said he had to make public what Luna had done.
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