{"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\/es\/learn\/tennessee-priest-will-serve-7-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-sex-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacerdote de Tennessee cumplir\u00e1 7 a\u00f1os de prisi\u00f3n tras declararse culpable de delitos sexuales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/storage\/image\/mendoza062124.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">El padre Juan Carlos Garc\u00eda-Mendoza, sacerdote de la Di\u00f3cesis de Nashville, Tennessee, cumplir\u00e1 siete a\u00f1os de prisi\u00f3n tras declararse culpable de m\u00faltiples cargos de abuso sexual. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Cortes\u00eda del Departamento de Polic\u00eda de Franklin<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Personal de CNA, 15 de julio de 2025 \/ 13:23 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Un sacerdote de la Di\u00f3cesis de Nashville, Tennessee, cumplir\u00e1 siete a\u00f1os de prisi\u00f3n tras declararse culpable de m\u00faltiples cargos de abuso sexual.<\/p>\n<p>El padre Juan Carlos Garc\u00eda-Mendoza fue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/258072\/tennessee-priest-indicted-on-additional-sex-crime-charges\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">acusado el a\u00f1o pasado<\/a> de varios cargos de agresi\u00f3n sexual y otros delitos, algunos de los cuales involucraron a ni\u00f1os y otros a adultos. El sacerdote fue acusado de ocho delitos en febrero de 2024 y dos m\u00e1s en junio de ese mismo a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>La Di\u00f3cesis de Nashville <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillecatholic.org\/news\/posts\/juan-carlos-garcia-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-misconduct-charges-in-williamson-county-court\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">dijo en el Nashville Catholic esta semana<\/a> que Garc\u00eda se hab\u00eda declarado culpable de los cargos de febrero. Esos delitos incluyen \u201cabuso sexual continuo de un menor\u201d, agresi\u00f3n sexual agravada y \u201cagresi\u00f3n sexual por parte de una figura de autoridad\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de la sentencia de prisi\u00f3n, el sacerdote ser\u00e1 incluido en el registro estatal de delincuentes sexuales.<\/p>\n<p>La di\u00f3cesis tambi\u00e9n indic\u00f3 que ser\u00eda retirado del sacerdocio. Garc\u00eda \u201cacord\u00f3 no impugnar la laicizaci\u00f3n del sacerdocio\u201d, se\u00f1al\u00f3 el comunicado.<\/p>\n<p>La Di\u00f3cesis de Nashville dijo el a\u00f1o pasado que se enter\u00f3 por primera vez de las acusaciones contra Garc\u00eda en noviembre de 2023, cuando \u201cun adolescente de la parroquia hab\u00eda hecho una denuncia de tocamientos inapropiados\u201d que involucraban al sacerdote.<\/p>\n<p>La di\u00f3cesis present\u00f3 un informe al Departamento de Servicios Infantiles de Tennessee; tambi\u00e9n contrat\u00f3 a un ex agente del FBI para supervisar la investigaci\u00f3n diocesana sobre las denuncias.<\/p>\n<p>El Vaticano, mientras tanto, fue \u201cinformado e involucrado desde el inicio de este asunto, dirigiendo los procesos can\u00f3nicos apropiados\u201d, dijo la di\u00f3cesis esta semana.<\/p>\n<p>El Departamento de Polic\u00eda de Franklin el lunes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FranklinTNPD\/status\/1944885994769244293\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">confirm\u00f3 el informe de la declaraci\u00f3n de culpabilidad a trav\u00e9s de una publicaci\u00f3n en X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGracias a nuestros detectives y a la Oficina del Fiscal de Distrito por su arduo trabajo en este caso\u201d, dijo el departamento de polic\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/265351\/tennessee-priest-will-serve-7-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-sex-crimes\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/265351\/tennessee-priest-will-serve-7-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-sex-crimes<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El padre Juan Carlos Garc\u00eda-Mendoza, sacerdote de la Di\u00f3cesis de Nashville, Tennessee, cumplir\u00e1 siete a\u00f1os de prisi\u00f3n tras declararse culpable de m\u00faltiples cargos de abuso sexual. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Cortes\u00eda del Departamento de Polic\u00eda de Franklin, personal de CNA, 15 de julio de 2025 \/ 13:23 p. m. (CNA). Un sacerdote de la Di\u00f3cesis de Nashville, Tennessee, cumplir\u00e1 siete [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":68226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"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_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tennessee-priest-will-serve-7-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-sex-crimes.webp?fit=800%2C457&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6520,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/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":"marzo 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/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&quality=80&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&quality=80&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&quality=80&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&quality=80&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&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6539,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/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":"julio 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53913,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/mexican-bishop-despite-danger-its-worth-the-risk-to-become-a-priest\/","url_meta":{"origin":56753,"position":2},"title":"Mexican bishop: Despite danger, it\u2019s worth the risk to become a priest","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"octubre 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishop Hilario Gonz\u00e1lez meets Pope Leo XIV during his June 23\u201327, 2025, visit to Rome. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Diocese of Saltillo, Mexico Vatican City, Jul 1, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA). 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