CALIFORNIA
Sacramento Bee
By Andy Furillo
afurrillo@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Jul. 3, 2013
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Eugene L. Balonon denied efforts by the Rev. Uriel Ojeda to exclude his alleged admissions of child molestation to Catholic Sacramento diocese officials at his upcoming trial.
Ojeda’s attorney, Jesse Ortiz, had argued that the young priest believed his statements to a church official and a private investigator were confidential and should be excluded.
Ojeda is accused in a seven-count complaint of molesting a girl younger than 14 while he worked at parishes in Woodland and Redding.
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