P. Marco Antonio Monzón Luna, S.D.B.

Arrived in Huancayo in 1973. Taught at the Santa Rosa Salesian school in Huancayo. In 1995 Monzón Luna was accused by several former students of sexually abusing them during the 1990s. One alleged victim, José del Carmen Oregón Tapia, wrote in March 2015 that he was 10 or 11 years old when the abuses began: “Marco Monzón Luna, chaplain and director of the Salesian Catholic school in Huancayo, sexually abused his students, adolescents, inappropriately touching their private parts and genitals. He carried out these criminal acts during the various ordinary and pastoral activities that he personally directed in the city. Monzón included his student victims in charity activities, spiritual retreats, and outings that he held in the Mantaro Valley, where he abused them. He had his students help him in the principal’s office, touching them while they performed minor tasks such as placing stamps and organizing office papers.” Other anonymous accusations surfaced after José shared his story. When the allegations came to light in 1995, Monzón Luna was reportedly moved by the Salesian order to its houses across Peru and the world. In June 2020 the Cusco Criminal Investigation Department issued an alert that Monzón Luna was missing. He was last known to have been living in the Zaguán del Cielo area of Cusco as of March 15. He was age 70.