Fr. Henry Perez
Priest of the Diocese of Phoenix 1976-84. Incardinated into the Diocese of Orange in 1989. Placed on leave in 1991 after the diocese learned of allegations in AZ. Sued twice in Phoenix 1993. Accused of taking boys on trips from AZ to CA, giving them drugs and forcing them into orgies with other priests. Appears on both L.A. archdiocese report errata and on Orange report of abusive priests. Two civil suits 2003. Left priesthood to marry. Indicted in Phoenix 2003 for abuse of two in the 1970s-early 1980s. Working in 2002 with children as a “self described Anglican Catholic priest.” Died of a heart attack at age 63 in 2003.
- OC Weekly 3.4.05
- LA Times Database 4.20.06
- Arizona Republic 07.10.93
- Arizona Republic 11.25.93
- Phoenix Gazette 02.07.94
- OC Register 05.05.02
- Arizona Republic 11.10.02
- Associated Press 06.02.03
- Arizona Republic 06.03.03
- Mercury News 12.10.03
- LA Times 01.11.04
- OC Register 01.13.04
- OC Weekly 07.09.04
- Associated Press 08.31.04
- OC Weekly 03.04.05
- LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
- Arizona Republic 01.26.06
- Diocese of Phoenix List 10.29.19
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