P. Roosvelt Flores Flores

Flores was principal of a San Juan María Vianney minor seminary in Huancavelica when he was accused of raping a 16-year-old boy on February 16, 2021. The boy was a San Juan María Vianney student. Flores was criminally investigated. A physician who examined the boy concluded that there were “signs of recent unnatural sexual intercourse.” Flores’ whereabouts were unknown for a time after the allegation. It was later discovered that he had gone to Izcuchaca, Huancavelica, where he was allowed active ministry. Flores had been represented by six lawyers and the case was dismissed. The boy’s mother said, “I hope the Church is not involved or providing support… .”

In April 2024 Flores was arrested in Huancayo for the alleged recent indecent touching of a 17-year-old girl during a social gathering. At the party Flores allegedly asked the girl to come closer and talk and, after a while, began to rub her leg, then began to play with her hands. The girl said, “I felt very tense, very uncomfortable, and very nervous…he separated my legs, pressed hard, which is why I have a bruise on my thigh, and he also started touching my private parts.” She was examined by a forensic physician who concluded that she had been injured. Flores was placed in pre-trial detention in April 2024. On April 24, 2024, Huancavelica bishop Carlos Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I stated that Flores would be prohibited from ministry during the criminal proceedings, providing further confirmation that Flores had been reinstated to active ministry after the substantive rape allegation in 2021.

On April 4, 2025 the Specialized Criminal Court for Violence Against Women and Family Members ordered the release of Flores, after having determined that there was insufficient evident to establish criminality.