Fr. Jason E. Sigler

Ordained for the Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Canada. In Detroit and Lansing dioceses from 1968. Sent to Paracletes in NM for treatment multiple times in the 1960s-1970s; worked in NM parishes; abused again. As of 2017 accused of abusing 57 children, named in lawsuits by 45.  In NM 17 men settled for $13M in 1993. Pleaded guilty in 1983 to abuse of a child; got probation and counseling. Laicized in 1999. Many new allegations in MI in 2002. Arrested and convicted twice in MI in 2003. Sentenced to 7-15 years.  Included in new civil suits. Released in 5/2012 from jail and 11/2013 from probation. Living in Albuquerque NM in 2014; said in 8/2014 to be living with his wife in Taylor Ranch. On  NM sex offender registry. Named in at least one new civil suit filed in 8/2014. Another suit filed in 5/2016 claims alleged abuse of a 10- or 11-year-old Fort Sumner NM altar boy in 1974. Suit filed in 7/2017 claims abuse of boy in a Las Vegas NM parish the late 1970s for 2 years. On Santa Fe archdiocese list 9/12/2017. On the Lansing diocese’s list 9/27/2019. On Detroit’s list 6/10/2019. Still living in Albuquerque as of 5/2023.