Hector Coria Gonzales ( above ) , 46 , was arrested at his home in Davis on Friday , according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials . Federal immigration authorities have arrested a former Northern California priest and are preparing to deport him to Mexico after he admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old altar girl - including in his church rectory . Hector Coria Gonzales , 46 , was arrested at his home in Davis on Friday , according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials . He is being held without bond at the Sacramento County 's Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center while his case is reviewed by an immigration court . Gonzales was previously arrested on May 9 , 2014 on suspicion of engaging in sexual activity with the girl on several occasions which took place in a car , at a home and at the church rectory , according to the Davis Enterprise . The following month , he pleaded guilty to statutory rape in Yolo County Superior Court for engaging in sexual acts with the girl , who was identified as 'M.L . ' in court documents and belonged to the St. James ' Parish in Davis where he served as a priest . He was in the country legally , but that changed when the Catholic Church stripped him of his priesthood after his conviction . Earlier reports said the sexual acts between Gonzales and the girl occurred from April 2013 to May 2014 . After he pleaded guilty , Sacramento Catholic Church officials said they would ask the Vatican to have him defrocked , according to the Daily Democrat . Gonzales was being held without bond at the Sacramento County 's Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center while his case is reviewed by an immigration court . In June , he pleaded guilty in Yolo County Superior Court to engaging in sexual acts with the girl , who was identified as 'M.L . ' in court documents and belonged to the St. James ' Parish in Davis where he served as a priest . 'Father Coria 's behavior with the minor was a crime and a sin , ' Kevin Eckery , a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento told The Bee last year in a statement . 'He will now be held to account for his behavior . ' During his sentencing last August , M.L . indicated that she was not abused or manipulated by Gonzales and that she did not want or need protection , according to earlier reports . Gonzales was reportedly sentenced to three months in jail and three years of probation after he pleaded guilty , according to ABC News 10 . Michael Vaughn , assistant field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations , said : 'We entrust members of the clergy to act as role models for our youth . 'Tragically , when that trust is violated , the effects are far-reaching . '
Hector Coria Gonzales , 46 , was arrested at his home in St James ' on Friday , according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials . He is being held without bond at the Sacramento County 's Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center while his case is reviewed by an immigration court . In June , he pleaded guilty to statutory rape in court for engaging in sexual acts with the girl who belonged to Davis Parish , where he was a priest .