TUCSON (AZ)
KOLD
TUCSON, Ariz. A charge against a Tucson priest accused of failing to report possible abuse has been dropped.
However, the Pima County Attorney's Office says the case remains under review.
Prosecutors say the Reverend Raul Valencia Garcia still could be charged with violating state law on reporting suspected child sexual abuse _ a possible felony.
Until recently, Valencia Garcia was an associate pastor at St. Monica's Catholic Church.
He's now working at St. Jude's Catholic Church in San Luis.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson spokesman Fred Allison had no comment on the dropped charge.
Posted by kshaw at December 18, 2004 07:34 AM