MINNESOTA
Valley News Live
Crookston, Minn. (Valley News Live) Church goers in northwestern Minnesota can expect a protest of sorts this Sunday.
SNAP, the “Survivors Network of those abused by Priests”, plans to hand out leaflets opposing a decision by the church to lift the suspension of Father Joseph Jeyapaul. Jeyapaul was convicted of a sex crime in Greenbush, Minnesota and is now back in his home country of India.
Father Joseph Jeyapaul plead guilty to sexually abusing a teenage girl at his residence, next to the Catholic Church in Greenbush, Minnesota.
Jeyapaul served 4 years in prison and was sent back to his native Country of India. Church officials lifted a suspension against him and it’s expected he’ll soon begin will begin working in a church in India.
Barbara Dorris, SNAP: “And yet, everything we know about a sexual predator is that they will continue to molest throughout their lifetime. And to put this man back is really a slap in the face to victims everywhere.”
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