Luis Fernando Intriago Páez

Luis Fernando Intriago Páez (born 1956) is a secularized priest from Guayaquil, Ecuador. He was parish priest of the Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa from 1996 to 2013. Intriago was dismissed from his priestly functions by the Archdiocese of Guayaquil after there were complaints that Intriago sexually abused and tortured minors. Intriago told his victims that to help themselves and their families, they needed to suffer through a secret sacrifice, which he named the dynamic of sin .

Intriago is known for his anti-abortion stance and for founding the Christian Life Movement in Ecuador. Christian Life Movement was founded by Luis Fernando Figari in Peru; he was also accused of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of minors.

Priestly life

Intriago worked in the neighborhood parishes of Guayaquil—Urdesa and La Alborada.

In 2002, Intriago founded the Catholic group Christian Life Movement in Guayaquil.

Scandal of sexual abuse and torture of minors Background In 2003, he was informally and repeatedly reprimanded by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for active homosexual behavior. He was again reprimanded in 2009 when the congregation was made aware that Intriago was having nocturnal encounters with minors who were members of the Christian Life Movement.