INDIA
UCAN India
Chennai:
An Indian Catholic priest, who allegedly molested two teenage girls in the US nine years ago, continues to be in a New Delhi jail with his lawyer denying reports that the priest will be soon moved to the US.
Pappa Mohan, lawyer of Father Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, told ucanews.com that some Indian media wrongly reported on July 1 that the priest will be extradited to the US soon, as his bail plea was rejected last week.
“That was misrepresentation of facts. Our challenge against extradition will continue in the court of extradition in New Delhi. There is no prima facie evidence against the accused priest,” Mohan said July 1.
Police in Tamil Nadu arrested Father Jeyapaul in 2012 at the request of Interpol. The 58-year old priest from Ootcamund diocese is accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl while he was working in a parish in Crookston diocese in the state of Minnesota in 2004. He is now housed in New Delhi’s Tihar jail.
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