Fr. Angel Crisostomo Mariano

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1992
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of San Jose CA

Filipino. Mariano was a cross-dresser who was convicted of child molestation in 1999; he had been caught in 9/1998  performing oral sex on a teenage boy while posing as a 25-year-old woman. Served 5 months in jail. Jesuit leaders had reprimanded Mariano for sexual misconduct at least 5 years prior to the 1998 incident. The Jesuits had apparently been moving him around since 1988. After his release from prison he was moved to a Jesuit community at Los Gatos where other priests abused two mentally disabled residents. Permanently banned from ministry in 1998. Included on the Diocese of San Jose list 10/18/2018. Noted to have been dismissed from the Jesuits 11/25/2002. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. Per the list in 2023, Mariano is deceased.


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