Catholic school teacher's assistant pleads guilty to child sexual abuse

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that a Muskogee man plead guilty to an indictment of 12 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country.

According to reports, Jonathan Gage Wiedel, 19, sexually abused four children while he was employed as a teacher's assistant at St. Joseph Catholic School. The crimes occurred in Muskogee County, within the boundaries of the Muscogee Creek Nation reservation.

The charges against Wiedel arose after a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office.

 Honorable Judge D. Edward Snow accepted the plea and Wiedel remains in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending sentencing. Assistant United States Attorney Jessie K. Pippin prosecuted the case.