The Latest: US Judge Orders Priest Held on Abuse Charges

The Republic
September 25, 2018

http://www.therepublic.com/2018/09/25/us-clergy-sex-abuse-the-latest-2/

The Latest on a former New Mexico priest who fled the U.S. decades ago (all times local):

A federal judge has ordered a priest who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse to be held pending trial.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Molzen ruled Tuesday that Arthur Perrault was a flight risk despite arguments from his defense attorney that he had no passport, no family and no means to leave the country.

Prosecutor Sean Sullivan argued that the 80-year-old priest was a danger to the community.