Fr. Antonio Munoz Rodriguez
Diocese: Diocese of Stockton CA
Visiting priest from the Archdiocese of Tijuana, Mexico. Assigned as associate pastor of St. George’s Parish in Stockton 12/12/1977-5/19/1979 and St. Anthony’s Parish inHughson 5/19/1979-9/18/1981. Faculties removed by then-Stockton Bishop Mahony immediately, who told Munoz to stay in México or he would inform police and immigration officials. (When Mahony testified in the 1998 O’Grady trial, he had stated that O’Grady was the only accused priest with whom he dealt in Stockton.) Cardinal Mahony stated in a 2004 deposition that he removed Munoz Rodriguez after parents met with him and alleged that the priest sexually abused several high school students during a 1981 trip he organized to Tijuana. Munoz Rodriguez’ name was included on a list of claimed abusers attached to the Stockton diocese’s 5/9/2014 filing in bankruptcy court.
- Deposition of Cardinal Roger Mahony 1 01.23.04
- L.A. Times 12.10.04
- San Francisco Chronicle 12.11.04
- SF Weekly 12.15.04
- L.A. Weekly 12.17.04
- Media Watch 10.12.06
- Monterey Herald (AP) 10.24.06
- SNAP Statement with link to Stockton Diocese Notice of Deadline for Filing Claims in Bankruptcy Court 07.16.14
- Mercury News 07.18.14
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