Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Summary of Assignments:
- 1939 – 1941: Chancery Office; Santa Fe, NM
- Saint Michael’s College; Santa Fe, NM
- 1941 – 1966: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Director); Santa Fe, NM
- 1950 – 1977: Immaculate Conception; Las Vegas, NM
- 1959 – 1973: Served as Vicar General for Archdiocese; Santa Fe, NM
- 1967 – 1968: Christo Rey and Christ The King; Santa Fe, NM
- 1968 – 1975: Annunciation; Albuquerque, NM
- 1975 – 1980: San Ysidro; Corrales, NM
- 1980 – 1991: Retired
- September 7, 1991: Death
Notes: Msgr. Rieiffer (misspelled “Reiffer” in media reports) was accused in a lawsuit filed in 5/16 of sexually abusing and raping a girl beginning in 1952, when she was 6-yrs-old. The abuse allegedly occurred many times in the rectory of Immaculate Conception parish, Las Vegas. The girl was said to have been a parishioner and student of the parish school. Rieffer died 9/7/91.
Sources: Albuquerque Journal 05.12.15; BA.org Assignment Record; http://bishop-accountability.org/