Ex-priest, 51, accused of 'raping' 15-year-old parishioner says boy 'wanted' sexual encounter.
A priest admitted to inappropriate behavior with a teenage parishioner, according to NJ.com. The
51-year-old priest, Rev. Manuel Gallo Espinoza, fled the country in
2003 after Max Rojas Ramirez, then 15, says he was raped by the priest.
The
alleged pedophile priest came out of hiding long enough to talk to a
reporter from NJ.com and admitted to having sex with the teen, who is
now 28, in a bedroom of the rectory at St. Mary's Church in Plainfield. 'I didn't force him to do anything he didn't want,' he reportedly told the journalist.
