NEW MEXICO
KOAT
[with video]
Sandra Ramirez
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Two more men have come forward to say they were abused by New Mexico priests.
They decided to tell their stories after hearing about the new movie “Spotlight,” which premieres Friday. It tells the story of how a group of journalists uncovered the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
The two men who say they were abused in New Mexico say they feel there’s still a bit too much secrecy at play.
“I won’t be anonymous anymore,” says Brian Gutierrez.
The movie is based on a true story of how the Boston Globe exposed what became a massive scandal of abuse involving Catholic priests.
Gutierrez and Ken Wolter say they lived that story.
“When I was a teenager I was abused by a priest named Sabine Griego,” Gutierrez says.
Gutierrez was a freshman at the University of New Mexico when he felt a calling to become a priest. But he says the priest who began as his mentor turned into his abuser.
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