Rev. Jose Vazquez, a priest in Wiggins, has been arrested in Jones
County on a sexual battery charge involving a 12-year-old boy.
The Jones County Sheriff's Office reported his arrest in a press
release, saying Vazquez was at a family's home in west Jones County on
Wednesday when the boy's father called to report inappropriate behavior
between Vazquez and his son.
Vazquez, 36, is the pastor at St. Francis Xavier in Wiggins and at St. Lucy Mission in Lucedale.
Vazquez was still at the boy's home when deputies arrived, and deputies interviewed the boy.
During
Vazquez' interview, he confessed to several sex acts with the boy,
including the act in Jones County and incidents in other jurisdictions,
the press release said.
Vazquez was deemed a flight risk at his initial court appearance Thursday and the judge imposed a $100,000 bond.
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His first parish appointment after ordination was as parochial vicar
of Immaculate Conception Parish in Laurel in 2009. He moved to Sacred
Heart Parish in Hattiesburg in 2011.
Vazquez became pastor of St. Francis Xavier and St. Lucy Mission on Jan. 15, 2014.
As
a deacon, he served at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Biloxi and assisted
in Hispanic Masses at Holy Family Parish in Pass Christian and St.
Charles Borromeo in Picayune, and sometimes at St. Aphonsus in Ocean
Springs and St. John the Evangelist in Gulfport.
Stone County priest accused in sexual battery of boy in Jones County | Biloxi | The Sun Herald
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