On February 20, 2024 the Albuquerque Journal released a news article highlighting a New Mexico Archdiocese’s failure to follow through with the terms of a bankruptcy settlement In December 2022. As part of the agreement the Archdiocese of Santa Fe is accused of not publicly posting the names of clergy who were accused of abuse from a claim that was filed during the Archdiocese’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
The case was centered on father Richard Spellman who according to allegations, abused a woman in 1957 when she was a child.
If you were abused by father Richard Spellman we are here to listen to your story confidentially. Our priest abuse attorneys have handled hundreds of priest abuse cases in and around New Mexico. Reach out today at 575-573-8503