NEW MEXICO
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SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF BERNALILLO
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
JOHN DOE “B”,
Plaintiff,
v.
ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE, and
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PARISH,
Albuquerque, NM,
Defendants.
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES
FOR CAUSING SEXUAL ABUSE BY PRIESTS,
FAILURE TO PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE BY PRIESTS,
FOR THE SEXUAL ABUSE ITSELF, AND RELATED CLAIMS
…
According to publicly available documents, the Archdiocese created, fostered, developed and protected a culture that during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, employed over 40 pedophile priests out of a total of about 150 employed parish priests over those years. This figure is one of the highest ratios in the United States of ‘number of pedophiles to total priests employed’.
27. According to publicly available documents, the names of other pedophile priests of that era include: Father Andrew Abdon; Father Lionel Abeywickrema; Father Marvin Archuleta; Father Paul Baca; Father Rudy Blea; Father Louis Brouseau; Father Ronald Bruckner; Father Marr Burbach; Father Leo Courcy; Father Edward Francis Donelan; Father John L. Esquibel; Father Dennis Fountain; Father Joseph Anthony Gallegos; Father Sabine Griego; Father Dennis Huff; Father Theodore Isaias; Father Christopher Kerr; Father Robert J. Kirsch; Father Vincent A. Lipinski; Father Clive Lynn; Father Robert Patrick Malloy; Father Armando Martinez; Father Charles Martinez; Father Luis Martinez; Father Diego Mazon; Father Tom McConnell; Father Michael O’Brien; Father John Peris; Father John C. Rodriguez; Father Ronald W. Roth; Father Lorenzo Ruiz; Father Edward Rutowski; Father Julian Sanchez; Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez; Father Clarence Schoeppner; Father George S. Silva; Father Jason Sigler; Father Robert J. Smith; Father Ignacio Tafoya; Father John George Weisenborn.
28. Plaintiff alleges there are other credibly accused priests who have not been publicly
named at this point in time, but should be
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