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EL PASO, TX (KTSM) — An El Paso priest is under fire and facing a civil complaint for allegedly sexually assaulting a mentally disabled man.
“He has not been in the Diocese of El Paso since 2002 and he will not be re-instated until this is resolved,” said El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz.
Father Richard Zamorano was ordained by the El Paso Diocese in 1993 and served as priest at San Elizario Parish, according to Bishop Seitz.
In 2002, he took a leave of absence to move to Tucson, Arizona and care for his mother.
“Around that time in 2002, when he left the Diocese, he adopted 2 boys from Mexico,” said Bishop Seitz.
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