SAN DIEGO (CA)
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SAN DIEGO — A national victims group wants a local Catholic priest removed from his parish.
Father Jose Alexis Davila has been a parish priest at St. Jude’s in Southcrest for two years. Earlier this year, a 19-year-old woman accused him of fondling her in his home across the street from the church.
“He has pleaded guilty to sexual assaulting a young woman,” said Joelle Casteix, a spokeswoman for group Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, or SNAP. “I believe the charge was unlawfully touching her intimate parts.”
SNAP sent a letter to Diocese of San Diego Bishop Robert Brom after learning Davila is still saying masses at St. Jude’s.
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