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Dan Santella | The Monitor
MISSION — A deacon at San Cristobal de Magallanes parish in Mission who is accused of molesting an altar boy over the course of two years was “immediately” removed as a minister when allegations surfaced in 2012, according to the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville.
Ronaldo Mitchell Chavez, who was arrested Friday and had posted bond by Monday morning, was employed as a principal at South Texas Educational Technologies Inc., whose superintendent said in a statement that Chavez was immediately suspended upon his arrest, according to KRGV-TV.
Brenda Riojas, a spokeswoman for the Brownsville Diocese, said in a statement that Chavez’s “faculties to minister as a deacon in the diocese were removed immediately in October 2012 when an allegation was reported to the parish priest and brought to the attention of the diocese.”
Approximately six alleged incidents of abuse happened at the suspect’s residence in Mission, said Cpl. Manuel Casas, Mission police spokesman.
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