Msgr. Joseph(Jose, R. Rosendo) R. Nunez: Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Msgr. Joseph(Jose, R. Rosendo) R. Nunez

Ordination: 1922
Assignments:
  • 1923-1927: Unknown
  • 1928: Our Lady of Guadalupe, San Bernardino, CA
  • 1929: St. Rose of Lima, Chula Vista, CA
  • 1930-1931: St. Anthony’s, National City, CA
  • 1932: Unknown
  • 1933-1935: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, San Ysidro, CA
  • 1936: St. George’s, Ontario, CA
  • 1937-1938: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Ontario, CA
  • 1939: St. Francis of Assisi, Riverside, CA
  • 1940-1968: Our Lady of Guadalupe, San Bernardino, CA
  • 1968: Died

Notes: Fr. Joseph R. Nunez was ordained in Mexico and incardinated in the Diocese of San Diego in 1937. Fr. Nunez has been named in at least one civil lawsuit where he was accused of allegedly abusing a boy from approximately 1956 to 1957 in San Bernardino. In 2010, as part of a settlement with survivors of child sexual abuse, the Diocese of San Diego released Fr. Nunez’s personnel file.