CALIFORNIA
Santa Monica Mirror
Posted Nov. 15, 2012
Brenton Garen / Editor-in-Chief
Former Santa Monica St. Anne’s Church priest Rafael Venegas pleaded to one count of misdemeanor battery and one count of furnishing alcohol to a minor last Friday, Nov. 9.
Venegas was sentenced to one day in jail, 364 days of probation, 160 hours of community service, and counseling through the archdiocese, which must contain a segment dealing with sexual compulsion.
The sentencing stems from a Santa Monica Police Department investigation that began on July 1, 2012.
A 20-year-old woman, who was not a parishioner of St. Anne’s, reported that a sexual assault involving Venegas occurred on the property of St. Anne’s Parish at 2017 Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica in September 2011.
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