Fr. Wilfred J. Diamond

Ordained: 1938
Status: Sued

Died: 03/15/1995
Diocese: Diocese of Las Cruces NM

In a 5/2013 civil lawsuit a man accused Diamond of abusing him as an 8- or 9-year-old in 1987, at St. Jude’s Parish in Alamogordo. The same man also accused D. Barfield of abuse in the suit and David Holley of abuse in a separate federal suit. Diamond and Holley worked together in the 1970s at St. Jude, which was then part of the El Paso Diocese. Diamond retired in 1988 and died 3/15/1995. He is buried in Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery in Almaogordo NM. Included on the Las Cruces diocese’s list 11/8/2018. Named in a 4/9/2020 lawsuit. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/2025 of sexually abusing a 2- or 3-year-old boy in 1982 or 1983.

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