Fr. Jorge Moreno: Credibly Accused Clergy

Fr. Jorge Moreno

 

Status: Fled to Mexico while criminal charges were pending. Deceased 2014.
Diocesan Response: Removed from ministry in 1995.
Year and Place of Birth: 1943, Mexico
Seminary Attended: Seminary in Mexico
Date Ordained / Connection to Diocese: Ordained 1970 as priest of the Diocese of Sacramento

Assignments in Diocese of Sacramento

  • 1970-1983: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sacramento, CA
  • 1984-1986: St Basil, Vallejo, CA
  • 1986-1990: St. John the Baptist, Chico, CA
  • 1990-1991: Sabbatical
  • 1991-1994: St. Peter, Dixon, CA
  • 1994: St. Mary, Vacaville, CA
  • 1994-1995: Holy Rosary, Woodland, CA

Reporting Victims

Date range of alleged abuse: 1970-1975

  1. Male, under age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching, fondling, masturbation, oral copulation, sodomy/ penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 1995
  2. Male, under age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching, fondling, masturbation, sodomy/penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003

 

SOURCE: DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: ADDRESSING THE WOUNDS INFLICTED BY CLERGY ABUSE