Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico · 2020

Mexico: 'Padre Meño' — seminary formator's rape conviction ratified on appeal

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

priest and formator at the Seminario Menor of Piedras Negras

Organization

Seminario Menor, Diocese of Piedras Negras

Spiritual nexus

A boy in residential seminary formation under the priest responsible for forming him — the Church's own pipeline as the site of the harm.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2020-01-30 · conviction; ratified on appeal

Coahuila state court; Sala Colegiada del TSJ de Coahuila. Juan Manuel Riojas Martínez, 'Padre Meño', was convicted of qualified rape and attempted qualified rape of a minor seminarian — fifteen years old at the onset in 2014 — at the Seminario Menor of Piedras Negras. After a first 15-year sentence was revoked for retrial he was re-sentenced to 13 years, ratified by the Sala Colegiada of Coahuila's high court in January 2020. He received conditional release in September 2024; the conviction stands.

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting appellate outcome report Proceso: 'Ratifican sentencia de 13 años de prisión al Padre Meño por violación', 30 Jan. 2020.: Reports the appellate ratification.
national newspaper court reporting sentencing report SinEmbargo: report of the 13-year sentence.: Independent national corroboration.

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