Fr. Jose Morales Vazquez
From Mexico. Attended St. Meinrad Seminary in Indiana. Pastor since 1/15/2014 of St. Francis Xavier in Wiggins and St. Lucy Mission in Lucedale MS. Associate pastor 2009-2011 Immaculate Conception in Laurel and Sacred Heart in Hattiesburg 2011-2014. Arrested 9/9/2015 at the home of a 12-year-old boy whose father called police after walking in on Morales Vazquez engaged in a sex act with the boy. Charged with two counts sexual battery against a minor. Admitted behavior and to abuse of other children. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced in 5/2016 to 10 years in prison and ordered deported upon his release. On the diocese’s list 1/24/2019. Laicized.
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