NEW JERSEY
Seattle PI
PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — A priest affiliated with two Passaic churches has been arrested on charges he had sexual contact with a minor who sought his counsel.
The Passaic County prosecutor’s office says charges against Father Jose Lopez include child luring and endangerment and criminal sexual contact.
A listing for Lopez’s attorney did not have an answering machine.
Prosecutors say Lopez lured a 14 year-old female parishioner to his private quarters at St. Mary’s Assumption church in Passaic, and allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with her.
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