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02-13-2016, 11:40 PM
February 13, 2016, 7:01 PM
Church lifts ban of Indian priest convicted of U.S. sexual assault
http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/02/13/3c9feb4d-abc5-446f-a761-63ef76fdc9ab/thumbnail/620x350/fe5c3f5654f644e246e58fbf7d8322d5/rev-joseph-palanivel-jeyapaul.jpg An undated photo shows Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul.
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NEW DELHI -- The Roman Catholic church in southern India has lifted the suspension of a priest convicted last year of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the United States more than a decade ago, a spokesman said Saturday.
The suspension of the Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/priest-willing-to-face-minnesota-abuse-charges/) was lifted last month after the bishop of the Ootacamund Diocese in India's Tamil Nadu state consulted with church authorities at the Vatican, said the Rev. Sebastian Selvanathan, a spokesman for the diocese.
Bishop Arulappan Amalraj of Ootacamund had referred Jeyapaul's case to the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the suspension was lifted on the church body's advice, Selvanathan said.
"After Jeyapaul's release from the United States and his return to India, this matter was referred to Rome, and according to the guidelines of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the suspension against Jeyapaul was removed," Selvanathan said.
The Vatican office of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declined immediate comment.
Jeyapaul was sent to Minnesota in 2004 and served at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenbush, near the Canadian border.
He was suspended in 2010 after being charged with sexually assaulting two girls who were both 14 at the time of the alleged abuse.
Jeyapaul fled the United States, but was arrested in India by Interpol in 2012 (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-arrests-priest-on-us-sex-assault-charge/) and extradited to the U.S.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-lifts-ban-of-indian-priest-convicted-of-us-sexual-assault/
Church lifts ban of Indian priest convicted of U.S. sexual assault
http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/02/13/3c9feb4d-abc5-446f-a761-63ef76fdc9ab/thumbnail/620x350/fe5c3f5654f644e246e58fbf7d8322d5/rev-joseph-palanivel-jeyapaul.jpg An undated photo shows Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul.
WCCO
NEW DELHI -- The Roman Catholic church in southern India has lifted the suspension of a priest convicted last year of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the United States more than a decade ago, a spokesman said Saturday.
The suspension of the Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/priest-willing-to-face-minnesota-abuse-charges/) was lifted last month after the bishop of the Ootacamund Diocese in India's Tamil Nadu state consulted with church authorities at the Vatican, said the Rev. Sebastian Selvanathan, a spokesman for the diocese.
Bishop Arulappan Amalraj of Ootacamund had referred Jeyapaul's case to the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the suspension was lifted on the church body's advice, Selvanathan said.
"After Jeyapaul's release from the United States and his return to India, this matter was referred to Rome, and according to the guidelines of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the suspension against Jeyapaul was removed," Selvanathan said.
The Vatican office of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declined immediate comment.
Jeyapaul was sent to Minnesota in 2004 and served at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenbush, near the Canadian border.
He was suspended in 2010 after being charged with sexually assaulting two girls who were both 14 at the time of the alleged abuse.
Jeyapaul fled the United States, but was arrested in India by Interpol in 2012 (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-arrests-priest-on-us-sex-assault-charge/) and extradited to the U.S.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-lifts-ban-of-indian-priest-convicted-of-us-sexual-assault/