MINNESOTA
Grand Forks Herald
By Sarah Volpenhein Today at 4:29 p.m.
A Catholic priest who formerly worked in Minnesota dioceses in St. Paul and Crookston pleaded guilty to child sex crimes Friday.
Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, who is charged in two separate cases in Minnesota 9th District Court in Roseau with sex crimes involving minors, appeared in court today.
Jeyapaul filed a petition to enter a guilty plea in one of the cases, in which he is charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for June 15.
The priest was extradited from India to the U.S. in November to face the criminal charges that had been pending, in one of the two cases, since 2006.
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