{"id":56753,"date":"2025-11-03T09:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=56753"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:40:20","slug":"tennessee-priest-will-serve-7-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-sex-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/tennessee-priest-will-serve-7-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-sex-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Priester aus Tennessee muss nach Schuldbekenntnis zu Sexualstraftaten 7 Jahre ins Gef\u00e4ngnis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza, a priest in the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, will serve seven years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sex abuse. \/ Credit: Courtesy of the Franklin Police Department CNA Staff, Jul 15, 2025 \/ 13:23 pm (CNA). A priest in the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, will serve seven years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sex abuse. Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza was indicted last year on several counts of sexual\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza was indicted last year on several counts of sexual\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":68226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-56753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6520,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/missouri-priest-pleads-guilty-to-300000-theft-from-parish\/","url_meta":{"origin":56753,"position":0},"title":"Missouri priest pleads guilty to $300,000 theft from parish\u00c2\u00a0","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"M\u00e4rz 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Wardsville, Missouri. \/ Credit: Diocese of Jefferson City A priest in Missouri pleaded guilty this week to stealing $300,000 from a church at which he was pastor for nearly a decade.Father Ignazio Medina admitted to \"transporting stolen property across state lines\u201d after a federal investigation, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Western District of Missouri said in a press release this week.Medina was pastor at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Wardsville, Missouri, from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720720254_st.-stan-church66.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720720254_st.-stan-church66.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720720254_st.-stan-church66.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720720254_st.-stan-church66.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720720254_st.-stan-church66.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6539,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/diocese-of-toledo-to-pay-1-million-to-three-priest-sex-abuse-victims\/","url_meta":{"origin":56753,"position":1},"title":"Diocese of Toledo to pay $1 million to three priest sex abuse victims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Juli 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio. \/ Credit: Susan Montgomery\/Shutterstock The Diocese of Toledo will pay out a seven-figure sum to three victims of priest sexual abuse after agreeing to a settlement.The payout will go to victims of disgraced priest Michael Zacharias, who was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking by a federal jury in Ohio last May. 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