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Daily Democrat
By The Associated Press and Democrat staff
CREATED: 06/07/2014 0
A Roman Catholic priest has been charged with three felonies for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage girl he met while working at a Davis church.
The Sacramento Bee reports that Yolo County prosecutors released a criminal complaint on Friday that charges the Rev. Hector Coria Gonzales with three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse.
According to the complaint, the charges stem from encounters between the 46-year-old Gonzales and a 17-year-old girl that took place at a home, in a vehicle and at the church rectory over eight months.
Gonzales has been a staff pastor at St. James Parish in Davis for almost two years. After his arrest in May, Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento put him on leave. According to a Facebook page of St. Thomas Catholic Church in Paradise, he was ordained in January 2011.
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