Laying Hands Upon the Faithful: Catholic Priest Gets Jail Time for Sex With Inmates

Catholic priest Father Vincent Inametti, 48, has a particularly hands on approach to ministering to the faithful. Inametti was chaplain at a women’s prison in Texas when he used the position to have sex with two women. He will now serve two years in prison. The Vatican may be equally peeved given the fact that he is not supposed to be having sex with anyone.

A naturalized citizen from Nigeria, Inametti worked at Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth for seven years. He pleaded guilty in November to two counts of sexual abuse of a ward — an interesting choice of charges.

Both women were serving federal sentences for drugs. One was in the choir and Bible study classes, while the other was his clerk.

Inametti’s work in prison had been covered by the media, as here.

U.S. District Judge Terry Means noted that “For this he will face a higher authority than this one.” Isn’t that double jeopardy?

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