Police: Woodburn priest chased boy down street after abuse

"Father Angel touched me"

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The Rev. Angel Armando Perez at Saint Luke Catholic Church in Woodburn, Oregon.

It was close to midnight Sunday when Woodburn resident James Curths saw the 12-year-old boy running down the street toward him. Curths said the child, panting and out of breath, begged for help, telling him a man was chasing him.

Moments later, a man rounded the corner wearing only underwear. He stood a short distance away, trying to wave the boy over as Curths and his sister-in-law prepared to drive the boy to relatives.

"He was staring at us," said Heather Rodriguez, 28, Curths' sister-in-law, who was also outside. "Then he stood there with his hands on his hips like, 'You're really not going to give him to me?'"

Rodriguez and Curths, 35, told the man they were calling the police. Only then, they said, did the man jog away.

According to the police report Father Angel asked the boys parents if he could take the boy on a mountain trip. The night before the mountain trip the family attended a church function. Father Angel took the boy to his house after the party. Once at his house they watched a movie. An air mattress was set up in the living for the boy and after the movie he went to sleep. The boy was later awoken by flashes and it was then he saw Father Angel standing over him in just his underwear & a t shirt while taking pictures [with a cell phone] and touching himself. The boy also discovered his pants and underwear were down to his knees. At this time Father Angel went upstairs and the boy went to pack his things eager to leave. Not long after Father Angel returned and laid down on the mattress and told the boy come back to bed. This is when the boy ran out of the house in the search for help, which he found.

Father Angel says he was drinking at the church function, so much so he and the boy had to be driven home. Once at the house, while they were watching the movie Father Angel said he drank another beer. He blames the whole incident on alcohol, claiming he blacked out. He drove drunk to the child's house that night and begged for forgiveness, saying it was he who sinned, that he made a mistake not the Catholic Church. He also showed the boys parents his cell phone telling them the pictures are gone.

What can I say about the Catholic Church that hasn't already been said. At this point people should be safer than sorry and NEVER leave their children with a Catholic priest. There are good priests out there but I'm sorry to say the rampant child abuse cases via Catholic Priests is disgusting and continuing. In fact, I hope the entire religion implodes and forever dies, but more importantly that people stop going to these churches and giving them their money and time.

What would Jesus do?

reply to post by Swills


I read this story last night.

What a pig!

Throw him into a deep dark hole never to return.

Father Angel says he was drinking at the church function, so much so he and the boy had to be driven home.

Uh, any adult wanting a child to go on a mountain trip and send the night should seem suspect. Especially a priest. Especially a drunk priest. Especially a priest that gets so drunk someone has to drive him and the boy home. None of these set off alarm bells?

If I ever have kids they're getting welded into suits of armor.

reply to post by loam


I concur! To the dungeon!

reply to post by Domo1


I agree, the warning signs are there! Catholic priest wants to take a child alone with him on a camping trip.... Catholic priest gets drunk at party the same night he's taking the boy with back to his house... The writing is on the wall.

What a freak. People like this should get life in jail. What dumb parents too, who would let your little boy sleep over a priests house?

Why do pedophiles look like pedophiles? What gives one a pedophile creep face?

This is sad.
It's also another sign of how gullible people are when it comes to anyone they perceive as an authority figure.

Never leave your children with anyone that isn't already a licensed child care specialist, or a close relative you can trust, typically someone that already has children their own.

And yet people still go to church...

When will they learn God left that place a long time ago.

reply to post by Swills


Christ that dude looks so jaundiced that if his eyes were shut he'd pass for a corpse.
At the end of the day father Angel (lol has to be made up) is not to blame here, clearly he was merely following the example set by Jesus, getting the kid naked bunking down for the night and ahowing the kingdom of heaven.
As the US is predominantly christian then no doubt the majority will forgive him instantly, he who has not sinned cast the first stone and all that, give the boy some money and that'll be the end of it.

reply to post by Domo1


I went on a short trip with our parish priest and 2 friends when I was younger (8th grade?) Good times, still remember it all to this day. It's a shame that a few perverts ruin it for everyone.. now we can't trust those we are supposed to trust.. makes for a effed up society imo. It's a good thing the kid had the sense to get the hell outa there though and find help.

reply to post by RealSpoke

Why do pedophiles look like pedophiles? What gives one a pedophile creep face?

Usually it's the creepy mustache and aviator glasses. What I've always wondered is why, at least in most of the high profile cases, are they gay? I assume that the vast majority are not gay, but especially with priests they seem to be.

Originally posted by StratosFear
And yet people still go to church...

When will they learn God left that place a long time ago.

Do not make the mistake of associating the act a man comits to the church. He by no means is representitive of the vast majority of priests, ministers, lay poeples who share of the word of God, who is still very much alive in the Catholic Church.

reply to post by palg1


While we hope that is the case and the majority of those are all good people who don't know about the abuse and certainty aren't covering it up, but with so many cases worldwide and growing it's not looking good. By now so many people are aware of these sex scandals involving the church and children how anyone currently working in the church not know what's going on is hard for me to believe. Sure, I agree there are some good people there but I doubt they're deaf, dumb, and blind.

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