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an hour-long documentary depicting Flores' life premiered in San
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Michael Kenny, an archdiocese priest, and that Flores had dismissed her accusations. Kenny later admitted to Flores to having a sexual affair with Villegas Phelps. When questioned in a legal deposition, Flores remarked, "Our priests are not babies, I'm not going to keep an eye on them 24 hours a
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allegations against a priest. The plaintiff claimed that while he was a minor in a San
Antonio orphanage in the 1980's, he was sexually abused by Jesus Armando Dominguez, then a seminarian at Assumption Seminary. The plaintiff said that he brought his complaints to Flores, who did not follow
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Catholic Chancery. Escolero had recently been arrested for driving with a suspended license and feared
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Galveston-Houston diocese and the Bishop's Committee for the Spanish Speaking, a ministry that encouraged bilingual congregations. In October 1969, Flores joined 47 other Hispanic priests to establish
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Hispanic Caucus Committee, and in 1981 founded Catholic Television of San Antonio, the first diocesan television station in the United States. In 1997, when Reverend
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801:"Hearing Postponed in John Doe Lawsuit Against Archdiocese"
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