SAN DIEGO (CA)
NBC 7
September 21, 2018
Juan Garcia Castillo, 35, had served as an associate pastor at St. Patrick’s Parish in Carlsbad
A trial date has been set for a San Diego-area priest accused of forcibly groping and making sexual advances towards an adult seminary student.
Juan Garcia Castillo, 35, is accused of unlawfully touching an intimate part of another person on February 4, according to a complaint filed against him.
Castillo, who is a naturalized United States citizen originally from Honduras, had served as an associate pastor at St. Patrick’s Parish in Carlsbad since 2011.
He was removed from the parish in March and criminally charged with one count of misdemeanor sexual battery in May.
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