CALIFORNIA
Appeal-Democrat
October 10, 2013
By Monica Vaughan/A-D Reporter
A Catholic priest from Colombia charged with misdemeanor counts of sexual battery and child molestation of a 16-year-old Yuba City girl took the stand on Thursday in Sutter County Superior Court to testify in his own defense.
Defense attorney Markus Dombois said in his closing statement the incident is a cultural misunderstanding and that the girl is lying about the night of the incident for attention.
“I believe she lied. One little lie can snowball and knock down a chalet,” Dombois said.
Prosecutor Deputy District Attorney Anu Chopra said the defendant is using his culture and language as a crutch and that he knows what he did was wrong.
“No priest in any country should ever touch a child the way this man touched (her),” Chopra said.
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