Fr. Jaime Gonzalez-Farias
Visiting priest of the Diocese of San Bernardo in Chile. Arrived in SC in 2015. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Charleston SC on its list in 8/21. The Diocese received a report in 12/20 that Gonzalez-Farias sexually abused a girl, age 11, in late 2020, during a trip to FL. Gonzalez-Farias had returned to Chile. He was arrested in Miami FL 11/29/22 by the U.S. Marshall Service. Pleaded not guilty in 1/23.
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