In
2009, Augusto Cortez, a Roman Catholic priest, pleaded guilty to
forcible touching of a 12-year-old girl in Brooklyn. He was sentenced to
six years of probation but was allowed to remain a member of his
religious order.
Last
year, a couple in Hampton Bays, on Long Island, who had known Mr.
Cortez for years, accused him of molesting one of their daughters, now
8. He was interviewed by the Southampton Town Police and released, but
he quickly vanished and became a fugitive, the authorities said.