PARMER COUNTY (TX)
KFDA
October 16, 2019
By Arianna Martinez and Kaitlin Johnson
Jury selection began today for the trial of a former priest accused of sexual abuse in Parmer County.
Peter Mukekhe Wafula is accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
Wafula served in Hereford, Friona and Bovina before he was removed from the ministry in 2018.
He was indicted by the Parmer County Grand Jury in October of 2018.
His name was among those of 30 former priests who served in the Diocese of Amarillo and have been accused of sexually abusing a minor. The names were released in January by the Diocese of Amarillo.
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