All of them ask that their money either be used to complete the traditional altar and sanctuary - or be returned to them.īishop Ochoa and Fr. Macias and Francella Macias estimate their donations at $6200 and parishioner Aurora L. Parishioners James Herget and Marie Celeste Herget allege in the suit they contributed $32,820 parishioners Mario A. Rodriguez, they said, collected the money and moved forward with plans for the altar and sanctuary, including the approval of architectural plans. Their donations, said the parishioners, “were not to be used for any other purpose.” Fr. According to the suit, beginning in 2007, parishionersĮxpressed a desire to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in accordance with the Usus Antiquior of the Roman Rite and to do so with the installation of an altar and sanctuary designed for such Mass. The parishioners’ lawsuit sheds new light on the conflict between Fr. Rodriguez’s refusal to provide financial information left him with no alternative but to file a lawsuit against the priest and his brother, David Rodriguez. Rodriguez to make a complete disclosure and a thorough accounting of his financial administration of the parish but he has refused to do so.” Rodriguez’s handling and use of donated funds has compromised the financial integrity of San Juan Bautista,” Bishop Ochoa said in the press release. 20, 2011 “based on credible information and documents that show that he intentionally and materially failed to comply with the Manual of Policies and Procedures of Parish Finances of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso.” Rodriguez had been removed as administrator of San Juan Bautista Parish on Sept. “We simply asked that our money be used for the specific intention for which it had been donated or that it be returned to the rightful owners.” “We did not donate our money in order for it to be seized by the diocese or San Juan Bautista Parish and used for other purposes,” said the news release. The five parishioners say that more than six weeks ago they asked for a meeting with Bishop Ochoa “to resolve this situation in private and in a spirit of Christian charity,” but never received a response from the chancery. 30 press release, is the latest development in the ongoing legal battle. The parishioners’ lawsuit, announced in a Jan. Rodriguez, a problematic and outspoken priest, committed financial irregularities and violations of diocesan policy on the handling of parish funds. Before leaving El Paso, where he had been bishop since 1996, Bishop Ochoa took the extraordinary step of suing one of his priests, Fr. Pope Benedict XVI named him as the new Fresno bishop on Dec. Incoming Fresno Bishop Armando Ochoa has been sued by five parishioners from an El Paso, Texas, parish who say the bishop converted funds they donated specifically for construction of a chapel for the traditional Latin Mass to other uses - and they want their money back.Ī Mass of Installation for Bishop Ochoa is scheduled tomorrow in Fresno. South Dakota FrancisLawmaker Erin Healy says wanting kids to have a mom and dad is ‘dangerous and un-American’ĭublin archdiocese seeks to delist dozens of churches, parish centers from new tax meant to discourage 'land hoarding' HEAD OF EURO BISHOPS ON EXPELLED, IMPRISONED NICARAGUAN CLERGY IN LAND OF COMMUNIST LIBERATION THEOLOGY: THE CHURCH HAS NEVER WANTED ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT SERVES, OK? YOUNG AFRICAN MOTHER WHO'S LIFE WAS DESTROYED BY MUSLIM FULANI 'FORGIVES' THEM SINCE ALETEIA FRANCISPLANET TELLS HER IT'S CHRISTIANĬhicago Dad Placed On Watchlist After Opposing Pornography In Schools This Spanish Opus Dei priest has been the matchmaker for 270 marriages (and counting). SLIPPERY FRANCISSLOPE: OKC ARCHDIOCESE AIMS FOR FIRST TAXPAYER-FUNDED RELIGIOUS SCHOOL IN US Coakley declines to estimate how many ‘faithful’ will flock to new 50 million dollar shrine to communist guerrilla FrancisBlessed Stanley Rother Pregnant 26-Year-Old Mother-of-Three Dies Suddenly After “Sudden Cardiac Arrest,” Unborn Baby Dead As WellĬanadian continental phase synoders doing their 'writing retreat in beautiful Orlando: 'Theologian' hopes it will implement what Vatican II taught about the 'vocation of the baptized,' n' stuff MAHONY’S REALLY GOT IT MADE Ĭorresponding FrancisFriend: The Pope would like to go to Moscow for peaceĪNTIFA RADICALS FROM ACROSS EUROPE DESCEND ON HUNGARY, VIOLENTLY ATTACK ANYONE PERCEIVED TO BE CONSERVATIVE rackets keep talking about that 'marital debt'įRANCISCHURCH: L.A’S CD.
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