CALIFORNIA
Sacramento Bee
By Andy Furillo
afurillo@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Jul. 2, 2013
Speaking publicly for the first time since his arrest in 2011 on suspicion of child molestation, the Rev. Uriel Ojeda testified Monday that he thought it would all be kept confidential when he spoke to church officials and a private investigator about the misconduct accusations that had been lodged against him.
Ojeda testified in a Sacramento Superior Court hearing to determine if prosecutors can use in trial the statements he allegedly made to the secretary for Bishop Jaime Soto and a private investigator for the law firm that represents the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.
“It never crossed my mind,” Ojeda, 33, testified when asked if his comments to the Rev. Tim Nondorf, formerly on Soto’s administrative staff, and Joseph Sheehan, the investigator for the law firm of Sweeney & Greene, might be turned over to police.
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