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.
Marcelo
is facing 2 years in prison and will be sentenced on August 24.
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