FOR THE FIRST TIME FOLLOWING A NEARLY THREE YEAR INVESTIGATION, AN EX PRIEST IN NEW MEXICO FACES STATE CHARGES FOR THE ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. FORMER ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE PRIEST MARVIN ARCHULETA WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE. HE WAS THEN BOOKED INTO THE SANTA FE COUNTY JAIL.
THE 81 YEAR OLD ARCHULETA IS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND RAPING A SIX YEAR OLD BOY AT HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SANTA CRUZ, NEW MEXICO. THE INCIDENT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED IN THE 1980S.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT HE COULDN’T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER CHARGES BEING FILED AGAINST ARCHULETA OR OTHER SUSPECTS.
