The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is asking parishes to help provide at least $12 million of $75 million needed to satisfy the terms of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings stemming from hundreds of clergy abuse lawsuits — and one method to help fund the debt will be to mortgage the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis … Read more
A criminal trial isn’t necessarily a search for the truth, a defense attorney for a former priest charged with sex crimes in Santa Fe County told jurors Thursday in opening arguments. It’s more a question of whether the state can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the crimes occurred. Attorney Ryan Villa represents Marvin Archuleta, … Read more
Agents from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office served a search warrant Wednesday on the Archdiocese of Santa Fe as the state’s top prosecutor seeks piles of documents from the Roman Catholic Church as part of an investigation into sexual abuse. Though the archdiocese has insisted it is cooperating in the probe, Attorney General Hector … Read more