P. Julio Roberto Riaño Cuida

Colombian. Assigned to El Buen Pastor Church in the Samuel Pastor District (La Pampa), Camaná Province, Arequipa. He also taught at La Candelaria School. In October 2002 a 17-year-old girl filed a complaint with the DEINPOL-SR-PNP office in Camaná that Riaño had engaged in sexual misconduct with her and that he fathered her child, whom he failed to support. The girl was one of his students. Riaño reportedly said that he and the girl had been in a “romantic relationship” since 1998, when she was age 13. A 14-year-old girl also filed a complaint of sexual abuse by the priest; her parents would not cooperate with the investigation. A warrant was issued for Riaño’s arrest. Riaño also was reported to have been accused of raping a 15-year-old girl and forcing her to have an abortion after she became pregnant. The priest allegedly went into hiding at the Arequipa Cathedral under the protection of Archbishop Sánchez Moreno and was later rumored to have fled the country. Fellow teachers and the school’s principal were also said to have protected Riaño.