Fr. John Weisenborn

Diocese:  Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Notes:  Member of Fathers of the Sacred Heart. Caught 3 times in 1964 by Washington, D.C., police re sexual relations with boys before being sent to NM for treatment. Lived at Via Coeli Center but worked in parishes. Later resumed full time as parish priest. Man filed suit 10/11 against Santa Fe AD & Servants of the Paraclete alleging priest sexually abused him for 3 yrs in 1960s while at St. Francis Xavier Parish, Albuquerque. Suit settled 11/12. In residence at a parish per 1989 OCD. Died 1991. New lawsuit filed 5/15 in Albuquerque alleging Weisenborn abused a boy repeatedly at St. Francis Xavier beginning in 1968.

Sources:  FindAGrave 12.18.11Albuquerque Journal 11.17.12Westport News 11.17.12Santa Fe New Mexican 05.13.15New Mexican 07.09.17; http://bishop-accountability.org/