3 Accused in This Religious Order
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 03.08.19
- Santa Fe New Mexican 01.11.96
- Palm Beach Post 06.28.98
- ABC 04.03.02
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe list 09.12.17
- Rio Grande Sun 09.26.17
- Santa Fe New Mexican 10.25.18
- National Catholic Reporter 11.29.18
- KOAT TV 02.08.19
- Santa Fe New Mexican 02.11.19
- Associated Press 02.16.19
- KRQE 02.16.19
- New Mexican 03.01.19
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 03.08.19
- Santa Fe New Mexican 01.28.20
- AP via US News & World Report 01.31.20
- Sante Fe New Mexican 01.31.20
- KOB 4 02.04.20
- KOB 4 02.05.20
- Diocese of San Diego Assignment List 03.30.07
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 03.08.19
- Santa Fe New Mexican 06.14.46
- Albuquerque Jounral 06.14.46
- Greely Daily Tribune 01.17.51
- Silver City Daily Press 01.25.68
- Santa Fe New Mexican 01.11.96
- Lompoc Record 03.30.07
- San Diego Union Tribune 03.31.07
- Desert Sun 04.11.07
- San Diego Union Tribune 10.24.10
- Docuents Released by San Diego Diocese 10.25.10
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 09.12.17
- Rio Grande Sun 09.26.17
- Diocese of Las Cruces List 11.08.18
- KVIA 11.08.18
- Diocese of El Paso List 01.31.19
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 03.08.19
Fr. Marvin Archuleta
Around five cases involving Archuleta settled in the mid-1990s. Accused in a 1994 suit of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy daily during a 1971 car trip from NM to DC. Sent to St. Luke's, then Vianney Renewal Center for treatment. Suit settled in 12/95. Archuleta said the plaintiff exaggerated. Removed from ministry. Found by news outlet working as a priest in Mexico City in 2002. Included on Santa Fe archdiocese list 9/12/17. Suit filed in 10/18 by a 38-year-old man claiming Archuleta raped him when he was a grade school student at Holy Cross in Santa Cruz in 1986-87. Arrested 2/8/19 on charges of the kidnapping and rape of a 6-year-old boy in 1986. Trial began 1/30/20. Report to the D.A. in 2/19 of abuse of an altar boy in the early 1990s. Acquitted in 2/20.
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Fr. Luis Martinez
Accused in two civil suits filed in NM in 1994 of abusing minor females. No dates for abuse were given in either suit. Martinez reportedly had left the priesthood. At least one suit was settled by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Sons of the Holy Family in 12/95. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese list of accused on 9/12/17.
Fr. Frank Sierra
Ordained in 1946. Teaching high school in Buenos Aires by 1951. Arrived in Pueblo CO diocese in 1951 to replace his brother, John Sierra. Worked in El Paso and several parishes in the 1950s and 1960s, later part of Las Cruces NM diocese. Working by 1970 in the San Diego CA diocese. Retired 1988. Accused in 1994 civil suit of abuse of girls in Santa Cruz NM; settled. Included on San Diego list of credibly accused 3/07. Status was 'removed.' Personnel file released 10/25/10. Included on Santa Fe archdiocese list of accused on 9/12/17. On Las Cruces diocese's list 11/8/18. On El Paso's list 1/31/19.