Texas: Roman Catholic priest faces child sexual abuse and trafficking charges

Fernando Gonzalez Ortega’s arrest shows clergy has not uprooted all molesters despite reform calls, abuse victims and advocates say

A Roman Catholic priest near the US’s border with Mexico is facing criminal charges on allegations that he sexually molested a child, according to authorities.

Fernando Gonzalez Ortega’s arrest for sexually abusing a minor and of trafficking of persons demonstrates that US Catholic bishops have not yet rooted out all molesters under their command despite reform prompted by the worldwide church’s decades-old clergy molestation scandal, abuse victims and their advocates have argued.