Ordination: 1966

Notes: Fr. Eleuterio Ramos, also known as “Father Al,” admitted to sexually abusing at least 25 boys. He worked in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Diocese of Orange, and Tijuana, Mexico. Fr. Ramos was sent to St. Luke Institute, an institution known for treating priests accused of child sexual abuse. He was placed on leave in 1985 and sent to a parish in Tijuana, Mexico, where he was purportedly put in charge of a children’s ministry. He was removed from ministry in 1991. In 2005, the Diocese of Orange settled several child sexual abuse claims against Fr. Ramos. In 2017, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the widow of an alleged victim of Fr. Ramos who committed suicide in 2015. Fr. Ramos allegedly sexually abused the widow’s deceased husband when he was a child from approximately 1975 to 1978 while Fr. Ramos worked at St. Joseph’s in Placentia, California. Fr. Ramos was included in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ list of priests accused of sexual misconduct involving minors and was included in a press release issued by the Diocese of Orange in 2004 as a priest accused and removed from ministry

Assignments:

1967-1971 St. Thomas the Apostle, Los Angeles, CA

1972 St. Mariana de Paredes, Pico Rivera, CA

1973-1975 Resurrection, Los Angeles, CA

1976-1978 St. Joseph, Placentia, CA

1977-1980 Chairman of the Hispanic Commission

1980 Immaculate Heart of Mary, Santa Ana, CA

1981-1983 St. Angela Merici, Brea, CA

1984 Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Habra, CA

1985 St. Anthony Claret Church, Anaheim, CA

1986 Unknown

1987-1992 On Duty Outside The Diocese

1993-2001 Inactive Leave

2002-2003 Unknown

2004 Died