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11 October 2016

Priest to be barred in India following 'unprecedented' settlement in favor of Minnesota sexual abuse victim

A Minnesota survivor of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest has won a settlement in federal court to prevent her abuser, who was suspended but not removed from the ministry, from carrying out similar crimes in his home country of India.


But in a Monday press conference, survivor Megan Peterson questioned the church mechanisms that allowed her abuser, Father Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, to possibly return to the ministry after being convicted for his crimes against her in the U.S.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4128593-priest-be-barred-india-following-unprecedented-settlement-favor-minnesota-sexual-abuse