LOS ANGELES -- A Roman Catholic priest was ordered to stand trial on molestation charges after a young man and two teenage boys testified against him at a preliminary hearing Tuesday. The Rev. Fernando Lopez, 40, faces four counts of felony lewd acts with a child, a felony count of sexual battery by restraint, one misdemeanor count of child molestation and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery. The priest, who was suspended by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in July, was arrested in September and is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Posted by Editor at December 22, 2004 03:10 PM