Calling his behavior “a crime and a sin,” local Catholic Church officials will ask the Vatican to defrock a disgraced Davis priest after he pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a teenage parishioner.
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Hector Coria Gonzalez, who had been a priest at St. James’ Parish in Davis since July 2012, pleaded guilty Friday of statutory rape of a teenage parishioner. Gonzalez will also be placed on formal probation for three years and barred by Yolo Superior Court Judge Paul Richardson from having contact with the girl until she turns 18.
