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STOCKTON (CA)
The Record

April 18, 2019

By Wes Bowers

A national support network for survivors of abuse is urging the Catholic Diocese of Stockton to add more names to its list of “credibly accused” clergy.

David Clohessy, former executive director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, stood outside the Stockton diocese’s offices at 212 N. San Joaquin St. Tuesday afternoon, holding a sign with a list of seven clergymen who spent parts of their careers in the area, and have been publicly accused of abuse in other regions.

“This is the same self-serving pattern we’ve seen for decades,” Clohessy said. “It’s when bishops under pressure claim to be coming clean, when they’re not.”

In 2017, the diocese was required to post the names of 14 clergy members accused of abuse on its website.

However, Clohessy said he was able to find seven more priests accused of…

CALIFORNIA
Appeal-Democrat

October 11, 2013

By Monica Vaughan/A-D Reporter

The Catholic priest charged with misdemeanor sexual battery and child molestation while visiting from Colombia was found not guilty by a jury on Friday afternoon in Sutter County Superior Court.

“When I first got this case, I was concerned about it because it was a Roman Catholic priest charged with molestation,” said defense attorney Markus Dombois. “What I said in the beginning of this case was this was a witch hunt, and this girl had imagined these things.”

Prosecutors argued that the Rev. Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa used his position of power with the church and a 16-year-old girl’s confidence issues to take advantage of her while they were alone in her bedroom, kissing her multiple times on her face, sticking his tongue in her mouth, holding her tight and “sucking” or “nibbling” on her nose.

“He knew she had low…

CALIFORNIA
The Record

A Colombian priest who was arrested in Lodi in connection with a Yuba City sexual molestation case is likely headed to a jury trial.

Jose Guarin-Sosa will appear in Sutter County Superior Court on Aug. 16 for a trial readiness conference, according to the court’s calendar.

Guarin-Sosa, 43, was arrested by Yuba City police officers at St. Anne’s Parish in Lodi in March, after it was alleged he molested a 17-year-old girl at a private Mass inside a residence in Yuba City.

Guarin-Sosa, a visiting Colombian priest, faces allegations that he touched the girl in a private area against her will and that he molested a person younger than 18, according to court files. Both counts are misdemeanor charges.

CALIFORNIA
Lodi News-Sentinel

Posted: Friday, July 12, 2013
By Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel Staff Writer

A priest who served on a temporary basis in Lodi has been held to trial on two misdemeanor charges in Yuba City. A trial readiness conference is scheduled for Aug. 16.

Father Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa, 43, was arrested on March 10 after a 16-year-old girl in Yuba City told authorities that Guarin-Sosa sexually abused her while he visited her family at their residence.

Guarin-Sosa was visiting Lodi’s St. Anne’s Catholic Church while filling in for his vacationing brother, Father Mario Guarin, when he was arrested in Yuba City. Stockton Diocese Bishop Stephen Blaire removed Guarin-Sosa as a priest within the diocese as soon as he was arrested.

Guarin-Sosa, a native of Colombia, faces two misdemeanor charges — touching an intimate part of another person against her will, and annoying or molesting a person under 18…

CALIFORNIA
Appeal-Democrat

June 28, 2013

By Rob Parsons/A-D Reporter

A Catholic priest “nibbled” a Yuba City teenager’s nose, put his head against her chest, pulled her down onto a bed and kissed her face repeatedly, the 16-year-old testified on Thursday.

“Then he put his tongue inside my mouth,” the girl said in Sutter County Superior Court. The Appeal-Democrat is not naming the girl because she is a minor and an alleged victim.

During a recorded phone call between the girl and the Rev. Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa, the Colombian priest apologized for the alleged March 8 incident in the Yuba City girl’s bedroom and asked her to keep it secret, Yuba City police Officer Isabel Kodani testified.

“Because he said it would destroy his life,” Kodani said. “He told her it would never happen again.”

Superior Court Judge Christopher R. Chandler ordered Guarin-Sosa, 43, to stand trial on misdemeanor counts…

UNITED STATES
Patrick J. Wall

One of the key lessons we were taught as priests is that bishops are the Episkopos, or, the Overseer of their Dioceses. As the Episkopos, a bishop oversees all Roman Catholic Priests to whom he has granted faculties.

A bishop’s ability to oversee or supervise the clergy is reaching a new low. The criminal conduct by priests in 2013 has not abated. Rather, priest arrests are increasing. See the most recent arrests of Fathers Koppala, Guarin-Sosa, Medina-Cruz and Wehmeyer.

Worse yet, even though the Dallas 2002 Charter prohibited Episcokopos from having criminally convicted priests in ministry, Archbishops have chosen to continue placing such priests like Father Michael Fugee in control over children.

Two recent priest suicides are another sign the Bishops are not supervising the Priests. Father David Anderson in Los Angeles and Father Jamie Medina-Cruz chose to end their lives. I do not…

CALIFORNIA
Lodi News-Sentinel

By Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel Staff Writer

A priest who served on a temporary basis in Lodi is due to appear in court for a preliminary hearing June 27 on charges including false imprisonment and molesting a minor.

Father Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa, 43, was arrested on March 10 after a 16-year-old girl in Yuba City told authorities that Guarin-Sosa sexually abused her while he visited her family at their residence.

Guarin-Sosa is charged with a felony count of false imprisonment and misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a minor and sexual battery involving the 16-year-old girl.

A preliminary-pretrial conference is set for 1:30 p.m. June 19 and the preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. June 27 at Sutter County Superior Court in Yuba City, court records show.

CALIFORNIA
Appeal-Democrat

March 28, 2013

A Catholic priest charged with kissing a Yuba City teenager posted bail earlier this week and was released from custody following a hearing on his immigration status in Sacramento County.

The Rev. Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa posted a bail bond on Wednesday, the Sutter County District Attorney’s Office confirmed. The bail amount was not available.

Prosecutors also confirmed they are moving ahead with the case against the Colombian priest.

Guarin-Sosa, 43, is accused of kissing a 16-year-old Yuba City girl on March 8 at the girl’s home.

CALIFORNIA
Lodi News-Sentinel

By Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel Staff Writer

An immigration judge allowed a Catholic priest temporarily serving in Lodi to be released on bail Wednesday.

Father Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa, 43, has been charged with a felony count of false imprisonment, and misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a minor and sexual battery involving a 16-year-old girl at a Mass conducted in a private home in Yuba City, according to the Appeal-Democrat newspaper, based in Marysville.

Jacquelyn Stenson, a deputy district attorney in Sutter County, refused to discuss specifics of the Sutter County charges. Guarin-Sosa’s attorney, Markus Dombois, has not returned several calls from the News-Sentinel since Guarin-Sosa was arrested.

CALIFORNIA
Lodi News-Sentinel

By Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel Staff Writer

YUBA CITY — A visiting Catholic priest from Colombia remains in custody on an immigration hold after he was arrested on sexual battery charges.

Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa, 43, who was visiting Lodi’s St. Anne’s Catholic Church while filling in for his vacationing brother, Father Mario Guarin, was arrested in Yuba City on March 10 after he was accused of having illegal sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl at a residence where Guarin-Sosa was performing Mass.

Guarin-Sosa is charged with a felony count of false imprisonment and misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a minor and sexual battery in connection with a March 8 incident in Yuba City, according to the Appeal-Democrat newspaper, based in Marysville.

Sutter County Deputy District Attorney Jacquelyn Stenson told the News-Sentinel on Thursday that she wouldn’t discuss any aspects of the case.

CALIFORNIA
Appeal-Democrat

March 15, 2013

The attorney for a Catholic priest accused of kissing a 16-year-old Yuba City girl called the incident a “witch hunt” on Friday, while prosecutors said the clergyman knows he violated the law.

The Rev. Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa, 43, of Colombia is charged with a felony count of false imprisonment and misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a minor and sexual battery in connection with a March 8 incident in Yuba City.

Sutter County Judge Susan E. Green entered not-guilty pleas on Guarin-Sosa’s behalf on Friday.

“This case is a witch hunt, your honor,” defense attorney Markus Dombois said. “The conduct may be inappropriate in this country, but it may be an everyday occurrence in his country.”

COLOMBIA
Colombia Reports

A Colombian priest visiting California was arrested on Sunday after accusations of sexual misconduct by a 16-year-old girl.

The alleged misconduct occurred during a visit by Father Julio Guarin-Sosa to a parish in Yuba City, California. The priest allegedly visited the home of a local family who asked him to speak to their 16-year-old daughter in private. The two went into a bedroom and according to the priest’s interview with local media, “They held hands in prayer … as he was leaving he hugged her and kissed her on the side of her cheek.” He told reporters that the girl did look uncomfortable and he told her not to tell her parents about the incident.

Guarin-Sosa refutes the allegation in the police report that he French kissed the minor. Some church parishioners also told local media that they thought that the priest’s actions could have been…

CALIFORIA
Jeff Anderson & Associates

Blog: Sarah Odegaard | 2:03 PM

We are sad and again alarmed to learn of the news of the arrest of a visiting priest from Colombia working in the Diocese of Stockton for child sexual abuse. Time will tell what was known of Rev. Guarin-Sosa’s history and safety in working with children. What is known to us already is that numerous priests have been transferred globally with the aid of the catholic hierarchy after being credibly accused of abusing children. Fr. Nicolas Aguilar is just one example.

Aguilar abused kids in Mexico and then was shipped to Los Angeles, where he abused at least 26 other kids, before being sent back to Mexico. There, he disappeared and continues to evade law enforcement and justice.

CALIFORNIA
The Record

By Keith Reid
Record Staff Writer

March 13, 2013

LODI – A visiting priest at St. Anne’s Parish in Lodi has been arrested in connection with a Yuba City child molestation case, authorities said.

Julio Guarin-Sosa, 43, who is visiting the United States from Colombia, was arrested at St. Anne’s in Lodi by Yuba City police Sunday. He was transported to Sutter County Jail, where he is being held on $250,000 bail, according to the Sutter County Sheriff’s Department website.

The Diocese of Stockton required a letter of good standing for Guardin-Sosa before he was allowed to work in Lodi, according to a written statement from Bishop Stephen Blaire. Upon his arrest, his permission to work in the Diocese of Stockton was revoked.

Yuba City police Operations Manager Shawna Pavey said Gaurin-Sosa was in Yuba City on Friday for a private Mass inside a residence….

CALIFORNIA
New York Daily News

As cardinals gather in Rome to choose the next Pope, who’ll inherit a scandal-rocked church, another priest stands accused of child molestation: The Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa was arrested on suspicion of child molestation.

By David Knowles / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The arrest comes as yet another reminder of what is at stake.

As Catholic cardinals begin the secretive process of selecting the next Pope who will have to deal with the legacy of child sex scandals that have rocked the church in recent years, another priest stands accused of child molestation.

The Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa was arrested on suspicion of child molestation in Yuba City, Calif.

The priest, who is visiting the United States from Colombia, is being held at Sutter County Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. He will also be charged with sexual battery,…

CALIFORNIA
The Record

By The Record

March 12, 2013

STOCKTON – A visiting priest who has worked at St. Anne’s Parish in Lodi has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation, the Diocese of Stockton said.

Julio Guarin-Sosa, 43, who is visiting the United States from Colombia, was arrested Sunday by Yuba City Police. He is being held in Sutter County Jail on $250,000 bail according to the Sutter County Sheriff’s Department website.

CALIFORNIA
Appeal-Democrat

March 12, 2013

Appeal-Democrat staff report

A priest visiting from Colombia was arrested Sunday on suspicion of sexual battery and molestation of a teenage girl in Yuba City.

Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa, 43, was taken into custody at the Lodi Police Department and was booked into Sutter County Jail the next day on the two charges, along with an immigration hold. His bail was set at $250,000.

Yuba City police said Guarin-Sosa was in town on Friday for a performance of his duties at a home, when he came in contact with the 16-year-old. It’s alleged that he had inappropriate contact with her during that visit, according to police spokeswoman Shawna Pavey.

The incident was reported to authorities on Saturday.

CALIFORNIA
The Worthy Adversry

Posted by Joelle Casteix on March 12, 2013

Statement by Joelle Casteix of Newport Beach, SNAP Western Regional Director

Read the news story here.

Once again, innocent children pay the price because Bishop Stephen Blaire refused to do a simple background check on one of his priests. What is even more tragic about this case is that the arrested priest abused in a parish that–not so long ago–was savaged by the crimes of Oliver O’Grady.

Unfortunately, the case of visiting priest Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa is not unique. California’s bishops have a habit of accepting foreign priests with little to no investigation of their backgrounds. In Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahony accepted two foreign priests–Fernando Lopez Lopez and Nicolas Aguilar-Rivera–with nothing more than a letter of recommendation from their bishops. Had Mahony done any investigation, he would have learned that Lopez Lopez had been convicted…

CALFORNIA
Fox 40

by Cecilio Padilla
Web Producer

YUBA CITY—

A priest visiting from Colombia has been arrested in Yuba City on charges of sexual battery and molestation of a minor.

Rev. Julio Cesar Guarin-Sosa, 43, was ministering at St. Anne’s Parish in Lodi. He had provided a letter of good standing from his Colombian diocese.

According to the Sutter County Sheriff’s website, Guarin-Sosa was arrested on Sunday.

CALIFORNIA
CBS Sacramento

YUBA CITY (CBS13) – A visiting priest from Colombia has been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery and molestation of a minor in Yuba City, according to the Diocese of Stockton.

Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa has been helping out at St. Anne’s Parish in Lodi. The Diocese says Father Guarin had a letter of good standing from his diocese in Colombia before he came to the U.S.

As a result of his arrest and the charges against him, the Diocese of Stockton has revoked Guarin’s permission to provide ministry in their churches. His Diocese in Colombia has also been informed.

CALIFORNIA
Sacramento Bee

A Catholic priest has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation, according to a press release from the Diocese of Stockton.

The Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa, a visiting priest from Columbia, was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery and molestation of a minor in Yuba City. He is being held in the Sutter County Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned today.

Guarin-Sosa had been helping out at St. Anne’s parish in Lodi. Stockton Bishop Stephen E. Blaire had required, and was provided a letter, attesting to Guarin-Sosa’s good standing prior to the priest’s ministry work at St. Anne’s.

CALIFORNIA
News 10

Paul Janes

YUBA CITY, Calif. – A priest visiting from Colombia is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday after being arrested in Yuba City on Sunday.

According to the Yuba City Police Department, Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa was arrested on charges of molestation of a minor, sexual battery and illegal entry while providing ministry at St. Anne’s church.

Bishop Blaire of the Stockton Diocese said Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa received a letter of good standing from his diocese in Colombia prior to providing ministry at St. Anne’s.

“As a result of the charges, Father Guarin’s permission to exercise ministry in the Diocese of Stockton has been revoked,” said Blaire.