Authorities on Friday captured a former Archdiocese of Santa Fe
priest accused of raping a first-grader decades ago at a church in
northern New Mexico and telling the boy, "This is how we show God's
love."
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Archuleta – who had previously fled to Mexico after allegations of
abuse surfaced in the 1990s – is charged with criminal sexual
penetration of a child under 13 and kidnapping in the rape of a
6-year-old boy in the 1980s at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Cruz,
near Española. Both charges are first-degree felonies and therefore
have no statute of limitations to hinder prosecution, according to the
Attorney General's Office.
David Carl, a spokesman for the AG's office, said Archuleta is the
first priest to be arrested on state charges after a nearly three-year
AG investigation into sexual abuse of children by members of the
Catholic Church around New Mexico.
Ex-NM priest charged with raping child - U.S. - Stripes
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