Group asks DA to extradite priest suspected of molesting child
Brownsville, Texas -- The Hidalgo County district attorney’s office underwent renewed criticism Tuesday for its handling of sexual abuse cases involving priests from the Diocese of Brownsville.
The local chapter of Call to Action, a Chicago-based group of self-described progressive Catholics, staged a press conference outside the Hidalgo County courthouse calling for District Attorney Rene Guerra to extradite the Rev. Basil Onyia, the Nigerian priest accused of sexually abusing a mentally retarded teenage girl in San Juan. Onyia fled to his native Nigeria in 2001 shortly after a warrant was issued for his arrest by the Pharr Police Department.
The girl’s family filed a lawsuit against the diocese, which was settled out of court.
Read more at www.brownsvilleherald.com dated Dec 29, 04
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The local chapter of Call to Action, a Chicago-based group of self-described progressive Catholics, staged a press conference outside the Hidalgo County courthouse calling for District Attorney Rene Guerra to extradite the Rev. Basil Onyia, the Nigerian priest accused of sexually abusing a mentally retarded teenage girl in San Juan. Onyia fled to his native Nigeria in 2001 shortly after a warrant was issued for his arrest by the Pharr Police Department.
The girl’s family filed a lawsuit against the diocese, which was settled out of court.
Read more at www.brownsvilleherald.com dated Dec 29, 04
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