ALBUQUERQUE (NM)
Catholic News Service
November 29, 2018
Agents from the office of New Mexico’s attorney general executed a search warrant to obtain records from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe regarding at least two former priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse.
The agents were at the archdiocese’s administrative offices in Albuquerque Nov. 28.
Attorney General Hector Balderas was seeking information on Marvin Archuleta and Sabine Griego, according to the archdiocese.
Both men, the archdiocese said in a statement afterward, were among clergy included on a list of priests, deacons, religious and seminarians accused of child sex abuse that first was released in September 2017.
The archdiocese said its staff “worked cooperatively” with the agents.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester called all archdiocesan priests to a mandatory meeting the afternoon of Nov. 29, after which he planned to address a news conference.
There was no mention of the meeting’s purpose in a memo sent to the priests, the Albuquerque Journal daily newspaper reported.
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