Following a long extradition fight, a Catholic priest from India was sentenced in Roseau County District Court Monday for criminal sexual conduct with a 16-year-old girl a decade ago.
Joseph Jeyapaul, 60, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for the 2005 incident where he kissed, grabbed and inappropriately touched a girl on her 16th birthday.
The sentence counts as time served because he had already been held in custody for 1,187 days, according to the county attorney's office. Jeyapaul pleaded guilty to the fourth-degree sexual conduct charges last month.
Jeyapaul is being processed through the prison system and will be
transferred to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
for deportation to India, according to prosecutor Heidi Davies.
Extradited priest sentenced for child sexual conduct in NW Minnesota | Minnesota Public Radio News
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