Fr. Miguel Flores
From Guadalajara, Mexico. Ordained in Bolivia. Ministered and taught in Chile. Studied in Argentina and Australia. Taught at a seminary in in Lima, Peru. Studied in Colombia. Arrived in the Fresno CA diocese from Mexico in 1999. Accused by a 16-year-old girl in 2002 of sexual assault 1/2002-2/2002. She was his office assistant at parishes in Tranquility and Hanford. Acquitted by jury in 8/2002 on three counts of forcible rape, three counts of sex with a minor and charge of making threats and intimidating a witness. Returned to active ministry. Case reopened in 2019 after new information was deemed credible. Placed on leave in 2/2019. Flores’ alleged victim filed suit against the diocese in 2/2020 under the CA Child Victims Act. The case was dismissed by the plaintiff in 4/2024.
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