Rev. Xavier Ochoa-Assignment Record

Rev. Xavier (Javier) Ochoa, or Rev. Francisco Ochoa-Perez

Ordained: 1969

In April 2006 Ochoa admitted a recent incident of sexual misconduct involving a minor boy and was placed on leave. He had been ordained in Mexico in 1969 and began working in the Santa Rosa diocese in 1988. Admitted to the bishop a past history of "a problem with a boy". Fled to Mexico before bishop reported to police. A federal arrest warrant was issued July 27, 2008. Two civil suits were filed in Oct. 2006 by seven accusers. Ten plaintiffs settled with Diocese & Bishop in Sept. 2007 for a little over $5 mil. VIctims include former altar boys and girls

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1969	1987		• In 2006 Ochoa told Santa Rosa Bishop Walsh that he had had a problem with a boywhile working in Mexico. (CBS 5 [Santa Rosa CA] June 24, 2006) Investigators later discovered that this boy had been violently raped by Ochoa, beginning when he was 14 and living in Carichi, Chihuahua Mexico. When the boy was 15, and with his family's permission, Ochoa brought him to live with him in church owned property in the U.S. (The Press Democrat [Santa Rosa CA] July 28, 2006)	Mexico		Per news reports, Ochoa was ordained a Jesuit in 1969, in Mexico. (The Associated Press, carried in Monterey County Herald [California] June 23, 2006) His name does not appear in the Directories until 1988.
1987	1989	St. Francis Solano	Sonoma • Charged in 2006 of sexual abuse of three boys, between the ages of 12-16, as early as 1988. (San Francisco Chronicle [California] June 22, 2006) • A California attorney stated in 2006 that he knew of at least nine Ochoa victims from three families, and that Ochoa was molesting boys from the time he came to Sonoma County from Mexico in the late 1980s. (The Press Democrat [Santa Rosa CA] July 28, 2006)	CA	3/3	Parish had a school with 300-298 students
1989	1991	St. John the Baptist	Napa • Told Bishop Walsh in 2006 that he had kissed an altar boy when he was stationed in Napa. (CBS 5 [Santa Rosa CA] June 24, 2006) • Accused in a 2006 lawsuit of having molested a 5 year old in around 1990. (Press Democrat [Santa Rosa CA] October 10, 2006)	CA	2/3	Parish had a school with 302-293 students. The 1991 Directory is the last in which Ochoa's name is followed by s.j. Per news reports, Ochoa left the Jesuits and became a diocesan priest in 1988, when he arrived in Sonoma. (The Associated Press, carried in Monterey County Herald [California] June 23, 2006)
1989	1991	St. Luke Chapel, State Hospital	Imola	CA		This was a station of St. John the Baptist in Napa.
1991 Replacing Steinbock as bishop was George Patrick Ziemann (1992-1999)	1993	St. Rose of Lima	Santa Rosa	CA	3/5, 3/4	Parish had a school with 355-413 students.
1991	1993	Resurrection	Santa Rosa	CA	3/4
1993	1994		• Per 2006 news reports, Ochoa was accused of sexually abusing a 14 year old boy in 1993 in his home in Cotati CA. (The Press Democrat June 22, 2006)			Ochoa is not indexed in the 1994 Directory.
1994	1997	Our Lady of Guadalupe	Windsor	CA	2/2	Parish had a religious education program with 250-150 students.
1997 Daniel Francis Walsh replaced Zeimann as bishop (2000- )	2000	Special Assignment
2000	2006	St. Francis Solano	Sonoma • Admitted in April 2006 to Bishop Walsh that he had engaged in sexual misconduct with a 12 year old boy, as well as to "a history of inappropriate contact with boys". Police confiscated child porn and cocaine from Ochoa's stored belongings in May 2006. (The Associated Press, carried in Contra Costa Times June 21, 2006) • In a 2006 lawsuit, Ochoa was accused of having orally copulated an 11 year old in 2004. (Press Democrat [Santa Rosa CA] October 10, 2006)	CA	3/3, 2/3	Parish had a school with 360-310 students, and a religious education program with 317-199 students. Ochoa was removed from his priestly duties in April 28, 2006, after admitting to sexual misconduct with a 12 year old boy. The diocese didn't report the "possible abuse" to Child Protective Services until May 1. Detectives discovered on May 4 that Ochoa had put his belongings in storage and fled to Mexico. (The Press Democrat June 22, 2006) The diocese settled with ten alleged Ochoa victims in Sept. 2007. The ten included former altar boys and girls, who were between the ages of 11 and 34 at the time of the settlement. (San Francisco Chronicle September 13, 2007)

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1988-2006).

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