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Report: Suspended Oakland priest fled country after accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor
San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com ^ | Updated 5:20 pm PST, Saturday, March 2, 2019 | By Dianne de Guzman, SFGATE

Posted on 03/02/2019 9:28:01 PM PST by thecodont

An Oakland priest placed on administrative leave after accusations of inappropriate sexual misconduct with a minor has now reportedly fled the country, officials confirmed.

Father Alex Castillo was living at a rectory in Oakland and reportedly was looking to live with friends for a few days immediately after he was placed on leave Jan. 30, the San Jose Mercury reported. The diocese said they last spoke with him Feb. 20, then were unable to reach him the following day.

A missing persons report was later filed on Feb. 23, after calls to jails and hospitals in the area failed to locate Castillo.

Oakland police eventually found Castillo, telling the diocese Friday that he had left the country, a diocese spokeswoman told the newspaper, stating that Castillo's exact location was not disclosed to them.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: catholic; oaklandca; priests; sexabuse
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1 posted on 03/02/2019 9:28:01 PM PST by thecodont
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To: thecodont

Was the “minor” a boy or a girl?


2 posted on 03/02/2019 9:51:32 PM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: Cowboy Bob
"Was the “minor” a boy or a girl?"

Based on one study of the history of such things there's a 93% chance that it was a male between the ages of twelve and sixteen, the same pederasty that the majority of male queers engage in.

3 posted on 03/02/2019 10:06:12 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: thecodont

Create a class of people in which normal sexual relationships are prohibited, and you’ll inevitably attract people whose interests are in abnormal sexual relationships.


4 posted on 03/02/2019 10:34:30 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I’ve gone to this particular church.

One time when I went there a year or so ago, an acolyte (whatever those guys are who aren’t priests but are part of the procession) was going down the nave and there was an altar boy walking ahead of him, and he was placing his hand on the boy’s shoulder as they walked. There were no other people in the procession doing this. These two were ignored and no one commented on the behavior.

I thought it was pretty strange.


5 posted on 03/02/2019 10:53:10 PM PST by thecodont
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To: Rashputin; Cowboy Bob

Well, apparently, is NOT a problem with the gays because being a pedophile and being a homo are COMPLETELY different. That’s why it’s still okay to have homos coaching your teams, leading scouts, going camping, everything. Completely different, you see?

/Sarcasm


6 posted on 03/02/2019 11:40:50 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: thecodont

Is he at the conclave discussing sexuality and the church, whispering into Francis’ ear?


7 posted on 03/02/2019 11:51:16 PM PST by ImpBill (A Party-less little "L" libertarian. Republicrats/Democans-A pox on both Party's!)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
you’ll inevitably attract people whose interests are in abnormal sexual relationships

Er, what's the excuse of public high school teachers? (Way higher percentage of homosexual molesters.)

8 posted on 03/03/2019 3:32:34 AM PST by SamuraiScot (am)
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To: thecodont

This is the inevitable result of a society that makes being gay acceptable. The Catholic church is desperate for priests so they took in knowingly homosexual priests to fill the ranks and now look at the result.

JoMa


9 posted on 03/03/2019 4:39:07 AM PST by joma89
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To: SamuraiScot

Access yo young people.

Predators are found where their prey is found.

And don’t forget about the female molesters that “teach” the high schoolers.

They are there for the same reason.


10 posted on 03/03/2019 4:52:05 AM PST by chris37 (No wall? No vote.)
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To: Rashputin

“the same pederasty that the majority of male queers engage in”

There’s a specific name for that I can’t recall. It’s not pedophilia.


11 posted on 03/03/2019 5:16:19 AM PST by ProudVet97
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To: thecodont

Maybe he fled to Epstein’s orgy island in the Bahamas - no passport needed. Maybe he and Clinton will enjoy one another.


12 posted on 03/03/2019 5:37:27 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: elpadre

He’ll likely have gone somewhere where he can’t be extradited.

Hmmmmm. Now where could that be....


13 posted on 03/03/2019 5:58:51 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: elpadre

These countries currently have no extradition treaty with the United States:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central

African Republic, Chad, Mainland China, Comoros, Congo (Kinshasa), Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan,

Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,

Niger, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia,

Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,

Vatican, Vietnam and Yemen.

3 guesses where he went.


14 posted on 03/03/2019 6:01:54 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: joma89
The Catholic church is desperate for priests so they took in knowingly homosexual priests to fill the ranks

That's part of the truth.

From 1961-1968 I was 2/2 for homosexual scoutmasters molesting teen boys (as I later found out), and at the time, the BSA did not knowingly recruit homosexuals to be scoutmasters.

15 posted on 03/03/2019 6:16:18 AM PST by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
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To: thecodont

Place them on leave so they can run and avoid a trial. How transparent.


16 posted on 03/03/2019 6:17:51 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: mewzilla

I suspect he could be negotiated out of Vietnam. Doubt he’s there. Plus a child molester? The Vietnamese would likely tell us to come and get him. Until they get their Boeing ETOPS planes, anyway.


17 posted on 03/03/2019 6:51:56 AM PST by onedoug
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To: onedoug

My bet is he’s at the Vatican.


18 posted on 03/03/2019 6:55:54 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: mewzilla

Well, from your list, I’d say he didn’t go home to Costa Rica. As they say “when you go Black, you never come back!”


19 posted on 03/03/2019 7:03:03 AM PST by vette6387 (Fire Mueller)
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To: thecodont

The church in the photo is not the one referenced in the news story.


20 posted on 03/03/2019 7:05:20 AM PST by GSWarrior
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