MINNESOTA
Fairmont Sentinel
July 11, 2013
Jodelle Greiner – Staff Writer, Fairmont Sentinel
BLUE EARTH – Father Leo Charles Koppala has made bail and been released from the Faribault County Jail.
A jail spokesperson confirmed that Koppala was released Monday afternoon, after his $75,000 bail was posted by a bail bondsman.
Koppala, who had been serving as priest for Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth, has been charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
The charges stem from an incident June 7 in which Koppala allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with a child under 13 years of age, with the defendant being more than 36 months older than the child.
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