New Mexico AG wants ex-priest in jail before rape trial

 
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking to keep in jail a former Catholic priest arrested last week for kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old boy in the 1980s.
The New Mexico Attorney General's Office filed a motion Monday to hold Marvin Archuleta until his trial for kidnapping and raping charges.
The 81-year-old Archuleta made his first court appearance Monday after he was arrested Friday in Albuquerque.
According to court documents, Archuleta raped a 6-year-old boy attending the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Cruz, New Mexico, during the mid-1980s. Documents say Archuleta raped the boy while wrapping a belt around the child's chest.
Prosecutors say Archuleta fled to Mexico after he was sued for sexual abuse but returned to New Mexico later.
Archuleta has not hired an attorney.