P. Santiago Martínez Valentín-Gamazo
Diocese: Prelature of Moyobamba, Peru
From Toledo, Spain. Arrived in Peru in 2007. Assigned in 2013 as teacher and, in 2015, spiritual director of Juan Pablo II Minor Seminary in Moyobamba. In March 2017 the seminary’s rector reported to law enforcement allegations that Martinez had groped four students between 2014 and 2017. Martinez allegedly would sexually assault the boys after entering their rooms when they were asleep or feeling ill. Parents of the boys alerted the rector. Martinez was suspended from ministry and sent to live at Moyobamba Cathedral. The prosecutor’s office investigated. Martinez was placed in pre-trial detention in August 2017. He was acquitted and released in January 2019.
- San Martín: investigan a sacerdote por presuntos tocamientos indebidos, El Comercio, 05.21.2017
- Por Inasistencia del Abogado del Sacerdote Santiago Martínez Valentín Gamazo Juez Tuvo Que Reprogramar Audiencia de Prisión Preventiva,Noticias, Poder Judicial del Peru, 07.11.2017
- Moyobamba: sacerdote acusado de tocamientos a niños pasará proceso en libertad, Diario Correo, 07.13.2017
- Ministerio Público apela resolución que dejó libre a sacerdote acusado de tacamientos indebidos, Voces, 07.14.2017
- Siete meses de prisión preventiva a un sacerdote español por abuso sexual en Perú, UDGTV, 08.19.2017
- Sacerdote español acusado de tocamientos indebidos a cuatro menores de edad, Ultimasnotas.com, 08.20.2017
- Absuelven a sacerdote español acusado de tocamientos indebidos en seminario de Moyobamba, Perú 21, 08.25.2019
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