Hector Gonzales Coria: Credibly Accused Clergy

Hector Gonzales Coria

Accused Priest Hector Gonzales

Status: Pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor in 2014, and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and probation.
Diocesan Response: Removed from ministry upon receipt of report. Dismissed from the clerical state in December 2014.
Year and Place of Birth: 1969, Mexico
Seminary Attended: Mount Angel Seminary, Oregon
Date Ordained / Connection to Diocese: Ordained January 2011 as priest of the Diocese of Sacramento

Assignments in Diocese of Sacramento

  • 2011-2012: Our Lady of the Assumption, Carmichael
  • 2012-2014: St. James, Davis

Reporting Victims

Date range of alleged abuse: 2013-2014

  1. Female, under the age of 18
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, oral copulation, and sexual intercourse
    • Year reported to diocese: 2014

 

SOURCE: DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: ADDRESSING THE WOUNDS INFLICTED BY CLERGY ABUSE