MINNESOTA
Jamestown Sun
A Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls a decade ago at a Greenbush, Minn., parish is one step closer to being extradited from his home country of India to the U.S. to face charges in Roseau County.
A judge in India recommended recently that Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, 59, be extradited to Minnesota so that he face two charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct in state district court in Roseau, said Mike Finnegan, an attorney with the Minnesota-based law firm Jeff Anderson and Associates, well-known for litigating clergy sexual abuse cases in civil court.
But that may not happen for some time, Finnegan said, since Jeyapaul has the chance to appeal the decision.
“Our hope is that he gets extradited as soon as possible,” Finnegan said.
Ultimately, the Indian government will decide whether to send Jeyapaul to the U.S. to stand trial, according to an Associated Press report.
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