Fr. Gustavo Gomez Santos
From Guadalajara ,Mexico, ordained in Yakima. Removed from public ministry 5/5/2017, as reported by the Diocese 6//12/2017, for the “forcible fondling” of a teenage boy five or six years prior. Church deemed allegation credible. Gomez Santos denied the allegation, but admitted to giving alcohol, massages and gifts to minors, including trips to Disneyland. He also allowed teens to sleep over in his parish residences. Said by the Diocese to be living in a supervised setting. No criminal charges due to a three-year statute of limitations in WA. Lawsuit v Diocese filed in 10/2017 alleging abuse of a teenage boy at St. Juan Diego parish in Cowiche in 2012. On the Diocese’s list 7/9/2019, which notes laicization process underway. Per the list updated in 2023, the 2017 lawsuit was settled in 2022 and Gomez was laicized.
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