Fr. Jose Luis Contreras
Ordained in the Diocese of Tepic, Mexico, for the Claretians. Named publicly as accused by the San Antonio Archdiocese on its list 1/31/2019, where he was assigned 1983-1988. Accused in 1987 of touching the genitals of a 17-year-old boy, who was a patient at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, where Contreras was chaplain. Removed, sent to treatment. Faculties in the Archdiocese removed. Per the Archdiocese, Contreras said he was returning to his native Guadalajara to live with his sister. Returned to the states, worked in the Santa Rosa 1995-2000, on recommendation from the Diocese of Tepic. Spent a short time in 1998 as a chaplain at the WA State Reformatory near Seattle. Returned to Mexico in 2000. Celebrated the 50th anniversary of ordination in a parish in Colima, Mexico in 2017. Retired.
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