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EL PASO, Texas – A man who says he’s the victim of a pedophile priest filed a lawsuit against the El Paso Catholic Diocese.
The alleged victim said he was sexually molested by Father Denis Tejada, when he was 10 and 11 years old in the 1970s.
He accuses Tejada of abusing him when he was an altar boy at Saint Patrick Cathedral.
According to El Paso Times, the Catholic Church removed Tejada from his pastoral and administrative duties in 2002 after someone else came forward with sexual abuse allegations.
In response to the lawsuit, El Paso’s Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz sent the following statement:
“We are very concerned about anyone who has suffered abuse. Though time passes, we know the pain for the victim remains. And we know that to be true for many of the nation’s sex abuse victims.
“The lawsuit that was filed on Wednesday, June 10, pertains to an event that is decades old. As noted by the attorney for the complainant, Fr. Denis Tejada was removed from his ministry in the Diocese of Las Cruces 13 years ago. He no longer serves as a priest.
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