BEEVILLE (TX)
Beeville Bee-Picayune
February 28, 2019
By Gary Kent
One of the witnesses who testified in the 2018 aggravated sexual assault trial of a former Catholic priest was indicted this month on five counts of aggravated perjury.
The defendant, 37-year-old Jose Padron, allegedly gave false information while under oath on March 2, 2016.
Aggravated perjury is a third degree felony. If convicted, Padron could be sentenced to up to 10 years in state prison and fined as much as $10,000 on each count.
According to the indictment, Padron had claimed, under oath, that he called the former priest, Stephen Tarleton Dougherty, on Dec. 16, 2011.
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