Priest admits groping NY woman during counseling

[moobu2]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A Catholic priest has admitted in court that he groped a woman during a marriage counseling session.

The Rev. Richard Ordonez (Or-DOHN'-yez) pleaded guilty Friday to forcible touching. He agreed to perform 500 hours of community service.

He had been accused of sex abuse, which carries a maximum prison term of 7 years.

The woman told police last year that the incident occurred in 2004. She said she came forward when she learned Ordonez, an Ecuadorean who had worked at St. Vito's Church in Mamaroneck, would be returning to the parish.

The 38-year-old Ordonez was arrested Dec. 8 at Kennedy International Airport as he was about to board a plane to Ecuador.

The New York Archdiocese withdrew Ordonez's working privileges after his arrest.




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[geckosfeet]

1. The weird just never stops with the clergy.

[Me.]

2. How Can That Be?

Didn't the latest pronouncement from Donohue state that all the sexual abuse problems the church has suffered is because of homosexuals?

[Wapsie B]

3. Damn, a Priest who molests women instead of boys?

For the RCC I guess that's progress.

[RKP5637]

4. All priests are gay, how can this happen. n/t

[DeSwiss]

5. Another religious student who flunked Celebacy 101, no doubt.

- The wonder is that he admitted it. He must have worse skeltons in his closet if he's copping to this.



K&R

[Christa]

6. What, he groped a woman?

Where the choirboys on holiday?

[mrbarber]

7. Nice to see the bigotry flowing free.

[onager]

8. We apologize for the bigotry against sexual predators.

Actually, we don't...

[burning rain]

9. A woman?

For a priest, that's laudable.

[Angry Dragon]

10. Actually all priests from the Pope on down are heretics

They violate a basic church teaching everyday and therefore are all heretics.