Faith in Action The Father Rivera Story pt. 2
True Consequences - True Crime
Eric Carter-Landin
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🗓️ 15 January 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
This episode was written by Jackie Moranty check out here show here.
Father Reynaldo and his brothers in the church were at Mass where the service was just ending when a call came into the rectory. Father Gerard Geier answered the call. It was around 8:00 in the evening. The caller was a man who Geier estimated to be in his 30s. He told Father Geier that he needed a priest. His voice was calm and deliberate, and . . . . convincing. Neither Father Geier nor Father Reynaldo had any reason to think that these calls were nefarious in any way.This is part 2 of the Father Rivera Story. The subsequent parts will be longer than the initial two.
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The rest came from the police reports.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Brandon, welcome to another episode of True Consequences. Today we're picking up with part |
| 0:04.2 | two of the Father Rinaldo Mystery. We're talking about his murder and what happened on the day |
| 0:09.6 | that he was killed. I want to give a shout out to Jackie Moranty for her research and writing |
| 0:13.9 | on this case. Oh, and don't forget to catch me at CrimeCon. UK. Go to crimecon.com. |
| 0:19.6 | UK and put in code consequence to save 10% on your registration for CrimeCon UK. Go to crimecon.co.uk and put in code consequence to save 10% on your |
| 0:23.9 | registration for CrimeCon UK. I can't wait to see all my UK listeners in London. Okay, let's get into it. The |
| 0:40.3 | The Franciscan Friars entered what is now New Mexico when they accompanied Spanish colonists in |
| 1:15.0 | 1598. The city of Santa Fe was founded in 1610. The original adobe church was built on the same site |
| 1:23.3 | where the cathedral now stands. It was a small church, and as the community grew, the church did too. |
| 1:30.3 | The original structure was replaced by a larger one in 1630. |
| 1:34.1 | This church was destroyed during the Pueblo Revolt in 1880. |
| 1:39.2 | The Spaniards had been run off during the revolt, but they returned in 1693. |
| 1:45.6 | The church wasn't rebuilt until 1714. The new church was named in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Santa Fe. |
| 1:53.4 | The only part of the original structure that remains is a small Adobe chapel dedicated to |
| 1:57.7 | Our Lady La Conquistador. The statue was brought from Spain in 1625 and is the oldest |
| 2:03.7 | representation of the Virgin Mary in the U.S. Father John Baptiste Leamy arrived from France in 1850. He was to |
| 2:12.5 | serve as the first bishop of the church. He was displeased with the old adobe church. He claimed that it was an inadequate |
| 2:18.7 | seat for the archdiocese. So he ordered a new Romanesque church to be built. He brought French architects |
| 2:25.7 | and Italian stone masons to build his cathedral. Construction on the cathedral began in 1869 and was finished |
| 2:32.7 | in 1887. The new cathedral was built around the and was finished in 1887. |
| 2:34.8 | The new cathedral was built around the old adobe church, and when the structure was completed, |
| 2:38.9 | the old church was demolished and the pieces were taken out of the front door for disposal. |
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