LOS ANGELES -- A young man testified in court in Los Angeles today that a Roman Catholic priest molested him in the cleric's bedroom in 2001. The witness was the first of three to be called during a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to try the Reverend Fernando Lopez on abuse charges. The 40-year-old suspended priest has pleaded innocent to four counts of felony lewd acts with a child, a felony count of sexual battery by restraint, two misdemeanor counts of child molestation and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery.
Posted by Editor at December 22, 2004 03:09 PM