Delhi court recommends that India should concede request from US regarding extradition
Rev. Joseph Maurizio (Photo: Twitter)
Ooty: The extradition of Catholic priest Fr Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls during his tenure at the Crookston Diocese in Northern Minnesota, US, during 2004-05, now looks imminent with a Delhi court recommending that India should concede the request from the U.S. to secure the ‘fugitive criminal’ to stand trial there.
Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Ajay Garg in Delhi said prima facie case had been made out for extraditing Jeyapaul, accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who, according to records, is undergoing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
The other victim of the priest was 16 years old. The US court had begun prosecution process after the first victim, Megan Peterson, now 20, complained that Jeyapaul raped her several times.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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