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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Accused priest extradited from India to Minnesota | Minnesota Public Radio News
A Roman Catholic priest who is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota has been returned to the U.S. from his native India to face charges, authorities said Monday.
The Rev. Joseph Jeyapaul arrived in Minneapolis on Monday, just days after a high court in New Delhi, India, found no fault in a lower court's decision to recommend his extradition, said Roseau County Attorney Karen Foss.
Foss said Jeyapaul is expected to be transported Tuesday to Roseau County in northern Minnesota, where he will appear before a judge. A court hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Jeyapaul, 59, is charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual misconduct. Prosecutors say he raped a girl multiple times in 2004 and 2005, starting when she was 14. Jeyapaul has denied the allegations.
Jeyapaul came to Minnesota in 2004, after an international background check, and served at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenbush, near the Canadian border, at the time of the alleged abuse.
Accused priest extradited from India to Minnesota | Minnesota Public Radio News
The Rev. Joseph Jeyapaul arrived in Minneapolis on Monday, just days after a high court in New Delhi, India, found no fault in a lower court's decision to recommend his extradition, said Roseau County Attorney Karen Foss.
Foss said Jeyapaul is expected to be transported Tuesday to Roseau County in northern Minnesota, where he will appear before a judge. A court hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Jeyapaul, 59, is charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual misconduct. Prosecutors say he raped a girl multiple times in 2004 and 2005, starting when she was 14. Jeyapaul has denied the allegations.
Jeyapaul came to Minnesota in 2004, after an international background check, and served at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenbush, near the Canadian border, at the time of the alleged abuse.
Accused priest extradited from India to Minnesota | Minnesota Public Radio News
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