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Houston-area priest indicted on more child indecency counts

Houston-area priest indicted on more child indecency counts
5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago Friday, June 28 2019 Jun 28, 2019 June 28, 2019 11:31 AM June 28, 2019 in News - AP Texas Headlines

CONROE, Texas (AP) - A former Houston-area Roman Catholic priest has been indicted on three additional child indecency charges arising from child sex abuse allegations.

A Montgomery County grand jury indicted Manuel La Rosa-Lopez on Thursday.

Two of the counts are tied to accusations La Rosa-Lopez tried to put his hands down the pants of a male parishioner when he was a minor in 1999.

Tyler Dunman, chief of the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office Special Crimes Bureau, says the third count from Thursday involves a male victim who was a minor in June 2000.

Last month, La Rosa-Lopez was indicted on two other child indecency counts involving allegations the priest groped a woman when she was a teenager in 2000.

La Rosa-Lopez's attorney, Wendell Odom, says his client denies any crimes took place.

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