Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Pastor Alex Castillo accused

Two boys came forward with allegations of sexual abuse against a Ontario, CA, priest. Fr. Alex Castillo has not been charged and maintains his innocence.
A letter revealing the allegations was read during all of the weekend Masses at the four Inland parishes where the Rev. Alex Castillo has served.
Castillo maintains his innocence, diocesan spokesman John Andrews said. Castillo could not be located for comment.
Read More: Ontario Priest accused of sex abuse
I don’t normally track allegation until an arrest is made. I want to start gathering statistics on how many accused priests actually make it to trial or are found innocent. There are some persistent people out there who claim I misrepresent what is really going on by simply reporting the arrests and convictions.
I will resist the desire to be snarky in these cases. It will be hard, but I will. I can’t stop the readers of course.


I’ve also started a new project which will gather all of these accusations together in one place. You may notice a tab called Bad Pastors on my header. It will contain a alphabetical list of every pastor mention in my Hypocrisy Watch posts.

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esme · 760 weeks ago

well you , first of all yeah get your DAMN story right Priest Alex Castillo is from Ontario California not Corona yeah and you want people to believe you yeah right listen to me people don't even listen to this person he can't even get his story right actually info right ...Priest alex castillo is innocent i could assure you a 100% he is a leader to the latino community and respected by all of us his followers we believe in his innocence and we 're with him till the end
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Mojoey 107p · 760 weeks ago

That's because Ontario and Corona are so far apart. It's so easy to see how the paper messed that up. What with them being right on top of each other and all. Dumbasss.

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Mojoey 107p · 760 weeks ago

I apologize for the mistake. It looks like I made the mistake.

Btw - Pastor Castillo is guilty. Sorry about that too.
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Givth8x · 749 weeks ago

Really? He is guilty? Where are you getting this info from? Are you on the jury? do you even know him. Do you even know where Ontario is? Idiot!
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Mojoey 107p · 749 weeks ago

I can read the paper just like you. I don't need to be on the jury to hear the results of their deliberation. And... I'm a Socal resident. Yes I know what Ontario is. One need only follow his nose.
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YaYa · 756 weeks ago

Just because he is a "leader" to the latino community, doesn't give you the right to assure that he is 100% innocent. That's not a smart thing to say. Many times, you think you know someone, but in reality you really don't. Listen to the facts, wait until the investigators release the evidence, THEN speak. Stop being so ignorant and believing, without looking at the facts first. Just a little advice for you Esme...take it or leave it!
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OriginalMrs.Barajas · 759 weeks ago

Actually there are people that are convicted in the public eye before the truth comes out. I know Fr. Alex personally and my husband has known him for more years of his life than not. He has been always very professional and never put himself in a situation that could be even made to look sinful. I would hope that one could see the person and KNOW the person before making and printing a decision that is so damaging to a reputation. I am very proud to be Catholic. I am not naive, I know there are bad people out there, including other Catholics. But, look at people individually before making a decision. Not ALL Muslims are bad, not all races are bad. In this case, I really believe they are condeming the wrong person
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ontario best · 758 weeks ago

this hurts me so much because I also know father alex and its hard for me to belive this allegation. Pray for him and also for the children involve.
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gladys · 754 weeks ago

my family and i have known father alex for 30 yrs he has married my sister did my 15 anos and baptized my brother i strongly believe that he is innocent
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gladys · 754 weeks ago

I am a mother of 7 children 5 girls and 2 boys I know Fr. Alex for 30 years, he is my friend and mentor, and he was my teacher in theology . I was part of the Department of Evangelization and Catequesis Hispana, and Fr. Alex was there, helping people all the time specially the hispanic community, he takes time for every family ,all my children now are grown love him, he help me alot with them. None of them belive this accusation we know he is innocent. We belive in him. We know their is evil in the world but it is God too, and his justice. People involve in this wil be sorry. We know it is about money and these people are money hungry . They are changing money for God . They are saling Fr. Alex for 30 coins,
but he will be in his glory like Jesus. !Listen to me people accusing Fr. Alex ! You are doing him a favor because he will be risen from this. Thank you.
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Henry · 747 weeks ago

I known Fr. Alex for more than 20 yrs. Our family and friends admired this man. He drove from Riverside for about 2 yrs to give us a daily mass every Sunday where there was no spanish speaking priests. I know in my heart that these alligations about him molesating 2 boys are not true. Fr. Alex then and now is person who always had a way of communicating to people what was right and though sometimes people thought he was harsh, his words and expressions to us evenually went into our hearts to acknowledge what we were doing wrong and how to become better. He is a man who brings out the truth striaght forward, no if and buts involved! He has been part of different organizations to help others, always putting the people first. What is fustrating is that the diosises has basically given him their back. He has done so much, and for people to accuse him of this crime is ridicoulous. Fr. Alex I beleive in your innocence, My family and I will pray for you. As for the diosises I hope they are not part of this nonsense with this family because to me it is all about money to make a Man of GOD who serves his church and community go out in thie manner.
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linda · 723 weeks ago

Why did he change his plee to guilty
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Mojoey 107p · 722 weeks ago

Because he was guilty.
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deleted8470268 143p · 722 weeks ago

It never ceases to amazes me how many people are fooled by these Pred-o-pastors ! They always defend him right up to the time he is convicted ,never once considering the acts he has performed on innocent children. Yet after the facts come out they never come back here to apologize to the victims ,or they're family's for defending a child raper !

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