MISSISSIPPI
Sun Herald
A Catholic priest who once served in the Diocese of Biloxi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a child, the Laurel Leader-Call is reporting.
A judge also ordered Jose Vazquez deported, the paper said.
Vazquez was arrested in September at a family’s home in west Jones County after a 10-year-old boy’s father called police and reported inappropriate behavior between Vazquez and the boy.
Police said Vazquez admitted having several sex acts with children in Jones County and other jurisdictions. Vazquez at the time was pastor at St. Francis Xavier in Wiggins and St. Lucy Mission in Lucedale.
Vazquez, a native of Mexico, was ordained in San Juan, Mexico, by the Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi, archbishop of Mobile, in 2008. He was a deacon at several parishes in the Biloxi diocese before he was ordained.
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