Removed in 12/2013 after the Diocesan Review Board investigated allegations of sexual harassment. Accused in 11/2016 of “sexual misconduct” with a “young female adolescent” in the 1980s. Luna admitted to his behavior. He was sent in 1988 to Shalom Center in Houston for treatment. Arrested 6/11/2018, charged with molesting and raping a girl in the late 1990s. His accuser was an altar server who said the abuse began when she was age 8 during confessions, and continued until she was 17. Included on the Diocese’s list 1/31/2019. Trial in 7/2019. Luna denied the charges at trial, but said he fathered a “secret baby” in Juarez. A witness testified that Luna raped her when she was 11-years-old and he was a seminarian in Alpine, TX. She said he would sneak into her home at night, and that she got pregnant and had an abortion. Another woman testified that Luna raped her in 1990 when she was age 30 and a St. Pius X church secretary. Found guilty 7/15/2019. Sentenced to 18 years’ prison and 10 years’ probation, to run concurrently.
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St. Pius X in El Paso, TX
