Fr. Enrique Diaz Jimenez

Ordained: 1977
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Brooklyn NY

From Colombia, ordained in Venezuela. Arrested in 1990. Pled guilty in 1991 to sexually abusing three boys 1984-89. Sentenced to five years probation and four months in prison, where he was allowed to leave on weekends to celebrate mass. A $60M suit was filed by the three victims in 4/91. Deported to Venezuela in 1991. Returned to Colombia in 1996. Abused 18 in Venezuela and two more in Colombia. Sentenced to jail in Colombia.


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