Fr. Marvin Archuleta
Around five cases involving Archuleta were settled in the mid-1990s. Accused in a 1994 suit of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy daily during a 1971 car trip from NM to DC. Sent to St. Luke’s, then Vianney Renewal Center for treatment. Suit settled in 12/1995. Archuleta said the plaintiff exaggerated. Removed from ministry. Found by a news outlet working as a priest in the Archdiocese of Mexico City in 2002. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese’s list 9/12/2017. Suit filed in 10/2018 by a 38-year-old man claiming Archuleta raped him when he was a grade school student at Holy Cross in Santa Cruz NM in 1986-1987. Arrested 2/8/2019 on charges of the kidnapping and rape of a 6-year-old boy in 1986. Trial began 1/30/2020. Report to the D.A. in 2/2019 of abuse of an altar boy in the early 1990s. Acquitted in 2/2020.
- Santa Fe New Mexican 01.11.96
- Palm Beach Post 06.28.98
- ABC 04.03.02
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe list 09.12.17
- Rio Grande Sun 09.26.17
- Santa Fe New Mexican 10.25.18
- National Catholic Reporter 11.29.18
- KOAT TV 02.08.19
- Santa Fe New Mexican 02.11.19
- Associated Press 02.16.19
- KRQE 02.16.19
- New Mexican 03.01.19
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 03.08.19
- Bloomberg 01.08.20
- Santa Fe New Mexican 01.28.20
- AP via US News & World Report 01.31.20
- Sante Fe New Mexican 01.31.20
- KOB 4 02.04.20
- KOB 4 02.05.20
- Santa Fe New Mexican 02.04.20
- Rio Grande Sun 02.07.20
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