Trial begins for DC priest accused of sexual abuse

WASHINGTON (DC)
WTOP TV

August 5, 2019

By Nick Iannelli

A priest accused of child sex abuse in D.C. is set to go on trial this week.

Urbano Vazquez is charged with inappropriately touching two children at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Northwest D.C. between 2015 and 2017, when he was assistant pastor at the parish.

The Archdiocese of Washington has since removed Vazquez from ministry.

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