A 73-year-old Catholic priest faces criminal charges and a civil lawsuit after he was accused by a Slaton church employee of inappropriately touching her while restraining her.
Ammanuel Puthuparambil, who was assigned to the Slaton parishes on May 17, 2019, was arrested June 18 and booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on Class A misdemeanor charges of indecent assault and unlawful restraint.
Class A misdemeanors carry a punishment of up to a year in jail…