In the coastal parishes of Baja California Sur, a man named Gregorio Díaz Mora has been selling the sacred to those who could not tell the difference — performing weddings, baptisms, and spiritual rites with no ordination, no authority, and no standing in the Church he impersonated. The Diocese of La Paz has now broken its silence, warning the faithful that sacraments performed by Díaz Mora hold no canonical weight, leaving couples unmarried and children unbaptized in the eyes of the institution they trusted. It is an old wound in a new form: the exploitation of faith at its most vulnerable mo
Fake priest in Mexico dupes couples with sham weddings, baptisms across tourist coast
Couples and families who underwent invalid sacraments face the burden and expense of repeating ceremonies with legitimate priests for Church recognition.