12/06/2007

Associated Press

An HIV-positive Navy chaplain from Virginia has pleaded guilty to forcible sodomy and other charges.

The admission by Lieutenant Commander John Thomas Lee came after admitting he forced himself on a Naval Academy midshipman and had sex with an Air Force officer without disclosing his HIV status.

The 41-year-old Burke resident entered a plea agreement with prosecutors Thursday at a court-martial at Quantico Marine Corps Base.

The Roman Catholic priest was assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy from 2003 to 2006 and later to Quantico.

He is expected to be sentenced later Thursday.