MONTERREY (MEXICO)
The Costa Rica Star [Costa Rica]
August 20, 2019
By Laura Alvarado
Costa Rica’s Attorney General confirmed the detention in Nuevo León, Mexico of former priest Mauricio Víquez Lizano accused of sexual abuse of two minors and who had fled the country back in January.
According to the Judiciary Investigative Police (OIJ) it was through an investigation by the Information Technology Crimes section that they were able to confirm that Víquez was in Mexico and from this point on they coordinated with Mexican authorities to begin the investigation in that country.
The extradition process could take as much as 60 days. The open cases for sexual abuse against 55 year-old Víquez expire on September 26, however, there are now three additional cases presented this month thanks to a legislation that gives more time to those who suffered sexual assault when they were minors to press charges.
The three new victims that decided to speak up are: Anthony Venegas Abarca, Carlos Muñoz Quirós and Maikol Rodríguez Solera. The crimes occurred between 2003 and 2004. The first victim is a man of last names Alvarado Quirós.
The Catholic Church apparently had received the first complaints against Víquez back in 2003, and in total there were nine complaints of his sexual misconduct; however, the church did not act until February this year (2019), when they informed that the priest had been separated from the Church.