Tennessee priest indicted on additional sex crime charges
CNA Staff, Jun 21, 2024 / 15:55 pm (CNA).
A priest in Tennessee already facing multiple sexual abuse charges has been served with two additional battery charges this month, police have revealed.
A grand jury earlier this month returned a superseding indictment against Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza, charging him with two additional counts of sexual battery, according to a press release from the Franklin, Tennessee, Police Department.
In February, Garcia was indicted on eight other charges, including continuous abuse of a child, aggravated sexual battery, four counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, and two counts of sexual battery.
The priest is being held in jail in Williamson County, Tennessee, on $2 million bond, the police said. He had previously served at St. Philip Catholic Church in the town of Franklin.
The Diocese of Nashville had said in a press release in January that it first learned of accusations against Garcia in November 2023 when “a teen in the parish had made a report of improper touching” involving the priest.
The diocese made a report to the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services; it also contracted with a former FBI agent to oversee the diocesan investigation into the claims.
A spokesman for the diocese told CNA on Friday that Garcia had been removed from active ministry in November after the first report was made regarding the priest.
Earlier reports had suggested the diocese delayed for several weeks in removing the priest from active ministry; the spokesman denied those reports.
Garcia was ordained in 2020 and served at several parishes in the Nashville Diocese before his indictment.
Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/258072/tennessee-priest-indicted-on-additional-sex-crime-charges
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