ROSEAU, Minnesota: An Indian Catholic priest extradited to the United States to face sexual abuse charges was on Monday sentenced to a year and a day in prison.
Fr Joseph Jeyapaul had in May pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct charges.
He was a priest at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Greenbush, Minnesota, when the sexual abuses took place.
Prosecutors say Jeyapaul sexually assaulted a girl multiple times, starting when she was 14. A first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge was dismissed.
Fr Jeyapaul has been in custody since March 2012, and was given credit for time served.
He will be deported to India and his status as a Catholic priest is not known, reports kfgo.com.
He now faces deportation to India.
As part of the plea deal, charges that he raped another girl from 2004 to 2005 are dismissed.
Jeyapaul came to Minnesota in 2004 and served at Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenbush. He returned to India in 2005 and was brought back to Minnesota in 2014 to face charges.
Vatican officials recommended his removal from the priesthood, but he remained a priest in India.