A D.C. Catholic priest has been found guilty of sexually abusing an adult woman during her confession, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney for D.C. Father Urbano Vazquez was serving at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Columbia Heights at the time of the incident. This crime is in addition to … Read more
A Catholic priest accused of groping and kissing two young girls from his Washington D.C. parish has been convicted on sexual assault charges. Urbano Vazquez showed no emotion when the jury foreman announced on Thursday that he was found guilty on three counts of second-degree child sexual assault and one count of misdemeanor sex abuse … Read more
A 12-year-old girl, speaking barely above a whisper in D.C. Superior Court, testified Wednesday that as a second-grader, she studied the life of a Catholic saint who had been a nun. “And I got inspired,” she said. She was 8 at the time. She told a jury that back then, she decided she wanted to … Read more