A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS RULED THAT, UNTIL HE GOES ON TRIAL FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE, FORMER PRIEST ARTHUR PERAULT WILL REMAIN LOCKED UP. THE 80 YEAR OLD PERAULT WAS CHARGED LAST WEEK IN FEDERAL COURT WITH SEXUALLY ABUSING A CHILD IN NEW MEXICO IN THE EARLY 90’S.
IF CONVICTED ON THOSE CHARGES HE COULD GET LIFE IN PRISON. AUTHORITIES SAY PERAULT FACED DOZENS OF SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS WHEN HE DISAPPEARED IN 1992. HE WAS ARRESTED IN MOROCCO IN 2017…AND WAS RETURNED TO THE U.S. LAST WEEK.
