Fr. Lionel Augustine Abeywickrema
From Sri Lanka. Accused by three sisters of sexually abusing them in the mid-1960s, when he was at St. Bernadette’s parish in Albuquerque and they were ages 6-14. The women reached an out-of-court settlement with the archdiocese, announced 7/1/1993. Abeywickrema was removed from public ministry. Died 11/12/2008. Included on Santa Fe archdiocese’s list 9/12/2017.
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