The Associated Press, carried in KOBTV
February 24, 2006
http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=24452&cat=NMTOPSTORIES
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A 73-year-old Raton priest accused of sexual misconduct with a minor made his initial appearance Friday in US Magistrate Court in Albuquerque.
A federal grand jury indicted the Reverend George Silva this week. The indictment charges him with four counts involving transporting a boy under the age of 16 from New Mexico to France and Portugal for criminal and illicit sexual activity.
The indictment alleges the acts were committed last June.
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| Fr. George Silva greets parishoners after a Sunday morning service. |
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe placed Silva on restricted status. That means he's forbidden to participate in any public ministry, cannot wear clerical attire and cannot present himself publicly as a priest.
Silva has been a priest in Raton and Clayton in New Mexico.
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