2 Accused in This Religious Order
- KCBS 05.03.02
- L.A. Times 08.18.02
- National Catholic Reporter 04.17.03
- Ventura County Star 04.27.03
- Ventura County Star 12.07.03
- Ten-Minute-Activist 02.06.04
- L.A. Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
- Ventura County Star 01.09.05
- City of Angels 12.07.07
- L.A. Daily News 10.12.12
- Ventura County Star 01.05.13
- Ventura County Star 01.23.13
- L.A. Times 02.04.13
- Europa Laica 03.26.13
- Ventura County Star 10.04.18
- Diocese of San Bernardino list 10.09.18
- San Bernardino Sun 01.31.19
- Legal Reader 05.17.19
- Brinkwire 05.22.19
- Diocese of Fresno List accessed 01.17.22
Fr. Rodolfo Martinez-Guevara
Resided as a transitional deacon then as an ordained priest at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Oxnard 7/1/2021-9/30/2022. In residence after that with his order in Long Beach, adjacent to St. Maria Goretti Church and School. Arrested in 9/2023, charged with possession of over 600 child sex abuse images and videos. The images were of mostly boys under the age of 12. Removed from ministry. Convicted in 10/2024. Also pleaded no contest to sodomy with a person under age 16 and to a lewd act with a child age 14 or 15. Sentenced in 12/2024 to one year in jail (with time served) starting 1/13/2025, two years' probation, and to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
Fr. Fidencio Simon Silva-Flores
From Mexico. Assigned to a parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1978. Left the Archdiocese without privileges 5/1/1995 after an allegation of sexual misconduct with a young adult male. Sent by the Order to treatment. Assigned to a retreat in the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Removed from ministry in Los Angeles in 1998. Accused in 2002 of abuse of as many as 28 boys 1979-1985; many sued. In active ministry in 2002 in Jesus Maria village, Diocese of Aguascalientes. Criminal charges dropped in 2003 due to Supreme Court ruling on statutes of limitations. Referred to by the Los Angeles Archdiocese as Fidencio Flores Silva. As part of a 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs, personnel file released 1/31/2013. One alleged victim filed suit in 10/2018 against the Vatican. Included on the San Bernardino Diocese's list 10/9/2018. Assigned in 1998 to St. Philip Neri in Lynwood. Removed in 11/1998. Reported in 5/2019 to be working at a church in Mexico. Included in 8/2021 on the Diocese of Fresno's list of credibly accused, where he was assigned 1987-1992.