Fr. Sabine Griego

Ordained: 1964
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe NM

Accused of sexually and physically assaulting over 38 children, male and female. Suit filed in 1993, seven filed in 1994. Lived at Archbishop Sanchez’ residence after treatment at Paracletes. Suspended in 1/1993; laicization process began in 2/1994. Was prison psychologist after FBI check; resigned months later. Civil suit in 5/2014 re abuse at an ABQ parish in 1986. Suit in 8/2015 re abuse of a boy in the 1980s at Griego’s home in Montezuma and an ABQ parish. A man filed suit in 5/2014 against the Santa Fe archdiocese; claimed he was raped by Griego at age 17 in 1986; had gone to Griego for guidance about possibly becoming a priest and there were teen boys with Griego in rectory and drinking. Accused in a 12/17/2015 suit of abuse of a boy, age 14-18, at parishes in Las Vegas, NM and ABQ 1975-1979. On the Santa Fe archdiocese list 9/12/2017. Two new suits in 1/2018. New suit in 5/2018 by 6 men, 1 woman. Arrested in 3/2019, charged with rape of an 8-year-old girl in the early 1990s. She had gotten a settlement. On the Las Cruces diocese’s list 6/24/2019. Died in 10/2020 before trial.

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