LONG BEACH (KTLA) — A priest who worked at a Roman Catholic church in Long Beach pleaded no contest Wednesday to sexually groping a 14-year-old girl and two young women.
Father Luis Jose Cuevas, 67, was working at St. Athanasus Church when the alleged attacks happened.
Both women, in their 20s, reported the February 2012 incidents to the archdiocese before filing police reports.
The teen later came forward, saying that in July 2010 Cuevas inappropriately touched “an intimate part” of her body for his sexual arousal.
As part of a plea deal, Cuevas was sentenced to five years felony probation.
The judge also ordered Cuevas to complete a 40-hour community service program and to register as a sex offender.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office plans to review newly released records from the late 1980s that show then-Archbishop Roger M. Mahony and a top aide worked to conceal pedophile priests from law enforcement.
5 Comments to “Long Beach Priest Sentenced for Sex Crimes”
January 23, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Maybe these priests need to be able to get married – so they don't molest people. Thank G-d I'm Jewish. Shame on the churches for allowing these pedofiles to get away with this for so many years – do u hear me Father Mahoney, Los Angeles?
January 24, 2013 at 12:17 AM
And, shame on the Jewish temple for doing the same in New York. That bugger is going away for more than a hundred years.
January 23, 2013 at 11:47 PM
it's nothing but a CULT !……..are all these religions just a buncha BULLS**T?…….
January 23, 2013 at 11:55 PM
I'm ashamed to have been raised Catholic. It would appear that the Catholic Church is as corrupt as a Chicago mob.
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