Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archives

Fugitive priest faces sentencing in US sex abuse case

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 13, 2019

A former Catholic priest is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in Santa Fe, where a jury found him guilty earlier this year of sexually abusing an altar boy in the early 1990s before fleeing the country.

Prelates say feeling of strife, enmity signals ‘crisis of compassion’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 11, 2019

The archbishop of Boston and his counterpart in Santa Fe, New Mexico, have called for a spirit of welcome toward others, saying the current feeling of strife and enmity in the country signals a “crisis of compassion” that must be overcome.

Seminarian killed in crash recalled as ‘humble man’ who cared for others

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 27, 2019

Seminarian Jason Marshall from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe who lost his life in a bus crash in Colorado was “a humble man who deeply cared for others,” said Archbishop John C. Wester in a June 25 statement.

Police investigate bus crash involving Catholic high school church group

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jun 24, 2019

Authorities on Monday were trying to determine what caused a bus carrying a New Mexico high school church group home from a weekend retreat in Denver to veer off the highway and crash, killing two people and injuring at least 13 others.

395 claims filed in church bankruptcy case

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jun 22, 2019

Nearly 400 claims have been filed against New Mexico’s largest and oldest Roman Catholic diocese as part of a pending bankruptcy case that stems from the clergy sex abuse scandal, church officials announced Friday.

Deadline arrives for clergy abuse claims in New Mexico

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jun 18, 2019

Monday marked the deadline for filing claims against New Mexico’s largest Catholic diocese as it wades through a bankruptcy prompted by the clergy sex abuse scandal.