March 31, 2006

SUNNYVALE POLICE ARREST PRIEST ON SUSPICION OF RAPE

SUNNYVALE (CA)
CBS 5

03/31/06 1:50 PST
SUNNYVALE (BCN)

Police arrested a priest Thursday on suspicion of raping a 29-year-old Oregon woman in a Sunnyvale motel room.

Police booked the Rev. Randy Benas in Santa Clara County jail after questioning the priest Thursday.

According to the Sunnyvale Police Department, the 29-year-old woman from Grants Pass, Oregon had been corresponding with the priest for over a year.

Posted by kshaw at March 31, 2006 08:51 AM