Fr. Javier Ortiz-Dietz

Ordained: 1978
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of San Antonio TX

First accused in 1992. Removed, sent to treatment. Indicted in 1993 for abusing three altar boys over a two-year period. Convicted in 1994. Sentenced to three 20-year jail sentences (to run concurrently). At least ten civil suits were filed, four in 1993 and six in 1994. One victim died by suicide. Settlement for $4M with seven victims in 6/1998. A 1974 report from his Mexican college to the archdiocese warned that Ortiz-Dietz suffered from “marked sexual conflict,” paranoia and delusions. Laicized in 2005. Released in 2014, deported to Mexico. In 2015 San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, MSpS sent notice of Ortiz-Dietz’ laicization to the Mexico Bishop’ Conference and to the Archbishop of Puebla. Ortiz-Dietz was believed to be living in Puebla. Included on the archdiocese’s list 1/31/2019, which notes 16 allegations.


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