A former Geneva priest has been sanctioned by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board for violating the terms of his parole.

Mark Campobello, former St. Peter Catholic Church priest, was released from the Illinois River Correctional Center in February after serving more than three years after being charged with having sexual relationships with two teenage girls.

He was arrested April 14 on charges of a technical parole violation.

Prisoner Review Board members opted to sanction Campobello, 43, by revoking his parole but giving him the ability to resume it July 8.

Jorge Montes, chairman of the Prisoner Review Board, said Campobello was authorized to take a trip that included two approved stops. However, Campobello made three other unauthorized stops.

“One was stopping to get a cup of coffee, one was getting a haircut and another was gassing up,” Montes said. “They were all in the same trajectory he was authorized to be in and he returned in the allotted time. The man was honest and very open. He said exactly what he did. Generally we concluded that his violations were of a minor nature.”

Campobello will remain in the downstate Centralia Correctional Center until July 8.

Then he will again be under court supervision.

Campobello had been living in Crystal Lake until his recent parole violation.

He was arrested on charges that he had a sexual relationship with an adolescent girl while he was a priest in residence at St. Peter in 1999. He was later charged with sexually abusing another student while he worked at Aurora Central Catholic High School between 1999 and 2000.

He was given an eight-year prison sentence but received day-for-day credit while incarcerated.

At least one of the victims was 13 years old at the time of the abuse, according to the Illinois Sex Offender Information Web site.

The Diocese of Rockford reached a settlement with the two women sexually abused by Campobello. The settlements were more than $1 million for each woman.