Fr. Francisco Montero
From Ecuador. Also known as Francisco “Fredy” Montero Monar. Began working in the archdiocese in 2001 and supposedly was living with vicar general, Kevin McDonough, in St. Paul. Instead he was living with a woman. In 2007 he fled to Ecuador after a woman complained to the Church and then to police that he had molested her 4-year-old daughter. The Church said that Montero’s Bishop in Ecuador had recalled him. A civil lawsuit was filed in 9/2008. Montero’s name was included in 2/2014 on the Archdiocese’s list of accused. The St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese warned the Guaranda diocese, and Vatican was told of Montero’s past. In 2015 Montero was found to be an active priest in remote parishes and with youth in the Guaranda diocese.
- Pioneer Press 09.10.08
- Associated Press 09.10.08
- Star Tribune 09.10.08
- SNAP Press Release 09.10.08
- Star Tribune 09.12.08
- Chicago Tribune 03.11.12
- Archdiocese of St Paul & Minneapolis List of Priests Accused of Abuse of Minors, revised 02.17.14
- Minnesota Public Radio 02.17.14
- Minnesota Public Radio Database 02.19.14
- Minnesota Public Radio 07.21.14
- Global Post 09.17.15
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