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El Paso Times

By Aaron Martinez / El Paso Times /
POSTED: 06/12/2015

An El Paso man who claims that he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest in El Paso in the 1970s filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Catholic Diocese of El Paso claiming negligence on the church’s part, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims that the Rev. Denis Tejada, who was serving at St. Patrick Cathedral at the time, allegedly abused the man who was 10-year-old at the time between 1974 and 1975. Tejada is no longer a priest and could not be found for comment.

The alleged victim, who is identified in the lawsuit as John Doe, said he was as an altar server at the church and would help Tejada with church services. In 1974, Tejada asked the victim to help with a Mass early in the morning.

Tejada reportedly…