Fr. John Anthony Salazar-Jimenez
Accused in a 1986 lawsuit of the sexual abuse of a boy. Convicted 1987 of molesting two boys in Los Angeles. Sentenced to six years in prison; served four. Banned for life from the Los Angeles archdiocese. Sent to the Servants of the Paracletes treatment facility in Jemez Springs, NM after his release from prison. Invited while at the facility in late 1990 by Amarillo TX Bishop Matthiesen to work in his diocese; assigned to a parish in 7/1991. Removed from ministry in the diocese in 2002 after a reporter found that he was active there. Sent to Canada for treatment. Arrested in 2002, charged with the abuse of two boys in CA in the 1980s. Charges dropped in 2003 after a U.S. Supreme Court Ruling regarding the statute of limitations. Charged in 2003 with the sexual assault of an 18-year-old in Dallas. Convicted 7/1/2005. Received a life sentence. Laicization announced in 2/2005. A new trial was ordered in 9/2011. Accepted a plea bargain in 2013; released for time served. At least 9 claims were settled in CA and TX 2007-2008. CA personnel file released in 1/2013. Pleaded guilty on 12/30/2013 to more charges in TX; sentenced to 10 years. Included on the Amarillo diocese’s list 1/31/2019.
- L.A. Times 12.14.86
- San Jose Mercury News (Major Accounts) 12.31.87
- L.A. Times 06.20.88
- Amarillo Globe 06.27.02
- Amarillo Globe 07.09.02
- Los Angeles New Times 08.15.02
- L.A. Times 08.18.02
- NY Times 08.24.02
- L.A. Times 11.26.02
- L.A. Daily News 07.01.03
- Dallas Morning News 01.19.04
- L.A. Archdiocesan Report page 6 02.17.04
- Amarillo Globe 02.06.05
- Dallas Morning News 06.23.05
- Dallas Morning News 06.24.05
- Dallas Morning News 07.01.05
- Dallas Morning News 07.06.05
- L.A. Times 07.18.07
- Dallas Morning News 10.31.11
- L.A. Daily News 10.12.12
- Mercury News 04.15.13
- Washington Post 04.15.13
- My Plain View 04.20.13
- The NECN 06.19.13
- Amarillo Globe News 07.23.13
- Amarillo Globe-News 08.27.13
- MyHighPlains 08.27.13
- L.A. Times 12.30.13
- L.A. Times 12.30.13
- Amarillo Globe-News 12.31.13
- My High Plains 12.31.13
- U-T San Diego (AP) 12.31.13
- Diocese of Amarillo List 01.31.19
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