A Catholic priest was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman as she slept on a U.S Airways flight. The sleeping woman found the priest’s hands on her breasts and butt when she woke up.
Here’s the unsavory details which led to his conviction Friday, via New York Post:
A Catholic priest from California was found guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman aboard a U.S. Airways flight.
Father Marcelo De Jesumaria was convicted of abusive sexual contact by a federal jury in a three-day trial after a female passenger woke up to find his “hands on her breast, groin and buttocks” in August, NBC Los Angeles reported.
The woman reported the assault to the crew of the Philadelphia-to-Los Angeles flight, allowing federal authorities to meet De Jesumaria at the gate.
De Jesumaria was indicted in October.
The Diocese of San Bernardino, where De Jesumaria used to work, said it removed him from the ministry “immediately” after learning of the allegations in November.