LOUISVILLE (KY)
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
January 16, 2019
— Fr. Michael (a.k.a. “Miguel”) Baca
He was included in the Gallup diocese’s 12/14 list of clergy having credible allegations of sexual misconduct made against them. The diocese provided a partial list of assignments for Fr. Baca, which showed him at St Joseph the Worker in San Fidel NM in 1961. But the Official Catholic Directory lists him as assigned there as Retreat Director for the decade 1961-1970. Baca’s 18 years of missionary work took him throughout the US, and he also worked among the Otomi Indians of central Mexico. Besides Gallup, Fr. Baca worked in at least one other diocese (Peoria) and two archdioceses (Louisville and Santa Fe). He also worked at Immaculate Conception Parish in Cuba NM in 1953 and Our Lady of Fatima Parish inChinle AZ in 1978. For 12 years, Fr. Baca wrote the “Life Is for Living” column for the national magazine St Anthony Messenger. He is deceased.
http://bishop-accountability.org/priestdb/PriestDBbylastName-B.html
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2017/05_06/2017_05_10_Donald_Beacon_Former_Added.htm
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2014/11_12/2014_12_16_Gallup_Credibly_Accused.htm
— Fr. Crispin Butz
He was named among Franciscan alleged clergy perpetrators of sexual abuse in a 12/14 court documents related to Gallup NM diocese’s bankruptcy case. Early in his career, he worked in Batesville, IN and Louisville, KY, then was moved to Sacred Heart Parish in Gallup NM. He reportedly abused during 1960-63 when he was at St. Francis of Assisi parish in Gallup. Other assignments included the Basilica Cathedral of St. Francis in Santa Fe where he was rector in 1984-94. He also pastored parishes in Albuquerque, Bloomfield, Cuba and Grants NM.
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