Fr. Joseph K. Anderson
Ordained Basil Joseph Anderson. Sent to the Las Cruces diocese by his Order in WI, where he had been assigned. Anderson was relieved of his duties in 1999. He died in 5/2002. A lawsuit was filed 7/12/2018 against the Diocese of Las Cruces NM, Servants of the Paraclete and the Benedictines by a man claiming Anderson and Rev. David Bentley of Holy Family in Deming NM sexually abused him hundreds of times 1994-2001 when he was an altar boy. The abuse allegedly began when the plaintiff was age 9. Anderson is included 5/9/2019 on the Las Cruces diocese’s list of credibly accused.
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