Former Catholic and Anglican Priest to Stand Trial for 22 Sex Crimes

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Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

Oct. 24, 2019

A former Anglican priest from Fresno accused of sexually assaulting nearly a dozen victims will stand trial. We applaud this move and hope this news encourages others who may have seen, suspected, or suffered his abuse to come forward and make a report to police.

Fr. Jesus Antonio Castaneda Serna is the former head of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church in Fresno, CA. Prior to that he was a Catholic priest in Cowiche, Washington. However, he was fired by Church officials in the Diocese of Yakima, Washington. It was later revealed that Fr. Serna was accused of sexually abusing a man in that diocese.

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