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Priest gets life for assaulting 13-year-old
« on: Oct 24^th, 2003, 3:20pm »

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Friday, October 24, 2003 Posted: 1:38 PM EDT (1738 GMT)

TYLER, Texas (AP) -- A former priest who fled to South America to evade prosecution was sentenced by a jury to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old altar girl.

Gustavo DeJesus Cuello, a Colombian national who was returned to Texas in July to face charges, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault two weeks ago but requested a jury trial on the punishment phase after state District Judge Cynthia Kent said she would sentence him to 50 years.

The victim, now 21, thanked the jury after the sentencing Thursday, saying, "After seven years, I can finally live in peace because this monster is going away."

She told Cuello she hated him for destroying her life and yelled to the courtroom, "To everyone supporting him, all I have is hate for you."

A number of parishioners had spoken in Cuello's defense during the two days of testimony, including one woman who said the victim was partly to blame.

Cuello, 40, was removed from the priesthood after his 1997 arrest for the systematic abuse of the victim in his office at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Tyler. He fled the country after he was released on bail, raised largely by parishioners.

Cuello was married and working in the private sector when he was recaptured six years later in Ecuador. In a confession to FBI agents who tracked him down, he admitted having sex with the girl once or twice a week for at least six months.

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« Reply #1 on: Oct 24^th, 2003, 6:15pm »

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« Reply #2 on: Oct 24^th, 2003, 10:03pm »

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What astounds me are the parishoners. They certainly aren't christainly in my book...

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« Reply #3 on: Oct 25^th, 2003, 3:42pm »

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Sickening bastards! I would imagine that when that priest testified, he had to put his hand on the bible and swear to tell the truth.

Or is this still done?

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