Deacon Rigoberto Santiago

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Ordained for the diaconate in 1987. From the Diocese of Ponce in Puerto Rico. Assigned to GA parishes 1994-2000. Named publicly as accused in the GA PAC Report. Faculties suspended 1/26/2008 after an allegation that Santiago sexually abused a girl, age 15, about 16 years prior. Santiago denied the ‘incident’ with the girl, but said that in 2005 an ‘incident’ occurred with a 15-year-old girl who was staying with the other girl’s family.


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