BOLIVIA -- A Catholic priest in North Carolina has been charged with molesting a boy in Brunswick County.
Rev. Edgar Sepulveda of Beulaville was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree sexual offense and sexual battery.
Diocese officials said they learned about the allegations in September and contacted authorities.
Sepulveda, 47, denied the accusations and was put on administrative leave during the investigation.
The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh says that Sepulveda has been suspended from his duties at Maria Reina Parish in Mount Olive, Santa Teresa Mission in Beulaville and Santa Clara Mission in Magnolia.
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