Rev. Virgilio Elizondo

Death by Force

Rev. Virgilio Elizondo, an 80-year-old Mexican-American Catholic priest and renowned theologian, died on March 14, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas. He was widely recognized as the "father of U.S. Latino religious thought" and had a significant impact on Latino theology. Elizondo was a professor at the University of Notre Dame and had served as the rector at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio.

Elizondo's death came nearly a year after he was accused of sexually abusing a boy in the 1980s. T ...Read More

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