Fr. Manuel Perez “Benildo” Maramba
A man filed a civil suit in 2004 in federal court in Albuquerque alleging that he was sexually abused by Maramba in 1976-1977 at a parish in NM (then part of the El Paso Diocese, later part of the Las Cruces Diocese). Maramba returned to his native Philippines in 1978. He was reportedly a “foremost” music composer of sacred text in the Philippines. A second lawsuit was filed in 2/2007 claiming abuse in the 1970s. Both settled. A third suit settled 4/1//2010. A fourth suit filed 4/13/2010 was settled in 5/2011. Included on the Diocese of Las Cruces list 11/8/2018. On El Paso’s list 1/31/2019. Maramba died in 2020.
- Santa Fe Reporter 07.07.04
- Associated Press 08.07.04
- Albuquerque Journal 08.07.04
- KOBTV (AP) 02.28.07
- Las Cruces Sun-News 03.01.07
- KOAT 04.02.10
- Manila Standard Today 04.05.10
- CathNews 04.13.10
- Mercury News 04.14.10
- El Paso Times 04.18.10
- El Paso Times 05.11.10
- Alamogordo Daily News 05.21.11
- Sun-News 05.21.11
- Sun-News 0 04.02.13
- KVIA 11.08.18
- Diocese of Las Cruces List 11.08.18
- Diocese of El Paso List 01.31.19
- Ministry of Altar Servers via Facebook, Obituary 07.12.20
- UST Symphony Orchestra via Facebook, In Memoriam 07.16.20
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