Update: Jury hears opening statements in priest sexual assault case

AXTELL (NE)
NTV News

January 6, 2020

Ord NE – A woman confronts the man many trust as a spiritual adviser, a man she accuses of sexual assault.

Now a Catholic priest defends himself as he faces a felony trial in Valley County.

Father John Kakkuzhiyil is accused of violating the trust others placed in him, while his attorney paints a picture of two adults who made a mistake that became regret.

“I had no intention of taking advantage of you my dear,” Kakkuzhiyil is heard on a recording made by Sheriff Casey Hurlburt, as he listened to his accuser call the priests.

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