CARLSBAD (NM)
Carlsbad Current-Argus
November 9, 2018
By Jessica Onsurez
The alleged abuse occurred in the 1950s and 1970s.
Two Carlsbad Catholic priests were among the names of 28 clergy “credibly accused” of sexual misconduct with a minor.
Kerry Guillory and Casilda Pudei served as clergymen in Carlsbad in the 1970s and 1950s, respectively.
The names were released by the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces Thursday, in response to Attorney General Hector Balderas who sought personnel files of priests accused of child abuse.
“By publishing this list, the Diocese of Las Cruces is seeking to be transparent and accountable, and we invite anyone who may have been abused by church personnel to come forward and report that abuse to the proper authorities,” said Bishop Gerald Kicanas, the Apostolic Administrator of the Las Cruces diocese in a news release.
Pudei was noted by the diocese as deceased.
The diocese said Pudei was assigned to St. Edward School from 1956 to 1957.
The abuse allegedly occurred in 1957 and was reported to the diocese in 1993.
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