Diocese of Chimbote, Peru

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6 Accused in this Diocese

Br. John L. Malachy Cosgrove

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Died: 2/25/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

Religious brother. Professed solemn vows 1959. Named publicly by the Dominicans St Joseph Province on its list in late 2018, which notes that an allegation was established in 2018, but not where or when the abuse was said to have occurred. Cosgrove became a part of the Province of St. Martin de Porres when it was formed in 1979. (We're placing him in the New Orleans archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Per his obituary, Cosgrove worked in Somerset OH, Philadelphia,PA, Chimbote Peru, New Haven CT, New York NY, St. Dominic Priory New Orleans (1980), Dallas TX, Houston,TX, Humble TX and Providence RI. He died 2/25/2011 in New Orleans, where he had lived since 2000.

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Fr. C. James Jeffrey

Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 5/28/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Brownsville TX

Ordained in 1959 for the Diocese of Fargo, ND. Joined the Missionary Society of St. James in 1964. Assigned to parishes in Peru until 1986, in Miraflores, Lima; Chimbote; Piura. On loan to the Diocese of Brownsville 1986 until 1988, when his faculties were removed. Returned to Fargo where he pastored parishes until 1999. Retired and moved to Belleville, IL. Became involved with the Diocese of Belleville's Hispanic Ministry. Died 5/28/2017. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Brownsville diocese on its list 1/31/2019. Included on the Fargo diocese's list 1/2/2020. Allegations substantiated.

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Fr. Edgardo Arrunataegui Jimenez

Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Orange CA

Ordained in Peru. Worked in Honduras for a time, arrived in the Diocese of Orange CA in 1987. Left to perform missionary work in Peru in the early 1990s. Worked in the Diocese of Fresno 1997-2004. First public identification as accused was in 1/2004. The Diocese of Orange dealt with the allegations "years ago" but didn't tell police until 2004. As of 2009 Jimenez was found to be working as a priest in Madrid but was still listed as part of the Diocese of Chimbote in Peru. Found in 2017 by a news team, working as a hospital chaplain for the diocese in Chimbote. Since leaving Orange in the early 1990s, Jimenez had "bounced around the world" using different versions of his name (e.g. Horacio Jimenez, Edgardo Arrunategui, etc.) Chimbote's bishop Simon Piorno said the 2017 news story was false, and that the Orange diocese's list was irrelevant.

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OC Weekly 3.04.05

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Fr. Paul Madden

Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Jackson MS

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Jackson, MS. Accused in 1993 of abuse, including rape, of 13-year-old boy on a trip to Ireland in 1973. Plaintiff settled for $50K. In a separate 2002 lawsuit plaintiff alleged church lied, telling him there was no previous knowledge of abuse by priests. Attached to the petition was a letter signed by a Paul Madden who said he "feels remorse and guilt for the molestation." Judge ruled in favor of the defense in in 9/2003 and the case was dismissed. Faculties in Jackson were suspended in 7/2002. Madden was 'on duty outside the diocese' in the Diocese of Saltillo, Mexico 1977-1979. Worked as a missionary of the Society of St. James the Apostle in Peru 1991-1993 and 1994-2002. Incardinated into the Chimbote diocese in Peru in 2003, despite warnings to the diocese by Diocese of Jackson officials. Still active there in 8/2015. Retired and living in Peru in 3/2019. Included on the Jackson diocese's list of credibly accused 3/19/2019.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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P. Luis Hernán del Carpio Costa

Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Chimbote, Peru

Accused in July 2014 of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl, who was an altar server at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, in the Nicolas Galatea neighborhood of the Nuevo Chimbote district. Del Carpio was a priest of the parish. His victim testified that he lured her into a room at the parish, then forcibly kissed her and touched her private parts. Del Carpio was convicted and received a ten-year suspended sentence in October 2017, and removed from the clerical state by the Vatican. Del Carpio fled. Chimbote's Bishop Simon Piorno stated that del Carpio should turn himself in. In October 2020, after a two-year search, he was captured by law enforcement in the El Porvenir neighborhood of Chimbote, then transferred to the Cambio Puente prison to serve his sentence. In March 2025 an appeal of del Carpio’s conviction was denied by Peru’s Constitutional Court.

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Sacerdote es condenado a diez años pero pena no se hará efectiva, RPP, 11 de octubre de 2017
SENTENCIAN A 10 AÑOS DE PRISIÓN A EXSACERDOTE DE NUEVO CHIMBOTE POR TOCAMIENTOS A MENOR, Poder Judicial del Peru, 11 de octubre de 2017
Dictan 10 años de prisión a ex cura por tocamientos indebidos, El Comercio, 12 de octubre de 2017
Obispo considera que exsacerdote condenado a 10 años de cárcel debería entregarse a la justicia, Chimbote en Línea, 13 de abril de 2018
Exsacerdote sentenciado por tocamientos indebidos es capturado en Chimbote, Diario Correo, 26 de octubre de 2020
Capturan a sacerdote condenado a 10 años de cárcel por tocamientos indebidos a una niña, Wayka.pe, 27 de octubre de 2020
AUTO DEL TRIBUNAL CONSTITUCIONAL, Peru, 04 de febrero de 2021
SENTENCIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONSTITUCIONAL, Peru, 10 de marzo de 2025

P. Marco Antonio Huaripata Medina

Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Chimbote, Peru

Assigned to Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in the Nuevo Chimbote district when arrested in March 2019, accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl on multiple occasions for a month, beginning in October 2018. The girl was a catechism assistant and choir member at the parish. Chimbote Bishop Angel Francisco Simon Piorno announced that he had suspended Huaripata and ordered the initiation of a canonical trial. Per the bishop, Huaripata admitted only to kissing the girl.

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Áncash: denuncian a sacerdote por presunto abuso sexual en agravio de una menor, El Comercio, 03.22.2019
Áncash: suspenden de sus funciones a sacerdote acusado de abuso sexual, El Comercio, 03.22.2019
Padre denuncia que sacerdote abusó sexualmente de su hija de 16 años en Áncash, Perú 21, 08.25.2019

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