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The Salt Lake Diocese found sexual abuse allegations against Fr. Heriberto Mejia credible in a statement last week.

The bishop apologized to the alleged victim, offered counseling, and said the diocese passed investigation information to police.

The victim criticized diocesan leaders for shielding others who allowed the abuse to continue.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Diocese of Salt Lake City said it found a claim of sexual misconduct submitted to them in December, around the abuse of a teenager three decades ago, is credible.

The complaint was against Fr. Heriberto Mejia, who was in Utah in the early 1990s as a foreign priest visiting from Colombia. He left Utah in 1992.

The Diocese of Salt Lake City said in a statement last week that after considering reports from an independ

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