Manuel Soria (MDC)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A man accused in a South Valley crash that left a Catholic priest dead last month has turned himself in to authorities.
Manuel Soria, 22, turned himself in to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center late Tuesday night.
He is charged with vehicular homicide in the May 21 crash that killed the Rev. Graham Golden, 35, and seriously injured Brother Lorenzo Romero, 24, both members of the Norbertine Community of Santa María de la Vid Abbey.
The Rev. Graham Golden (Norbertine Community of Santa Mara de la Vid Abbey)
Community mourns and remembers priest killed in crash Share Updated: 8:59 PM MDT May 26, 2021 Share Updated: 8:59 PM MDT May 26, 2021
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Show Transcript LIFE OF FATHER GRAHAM GOLN.DE REPOERRT: THE SUDDEN LOSS OF FATHER GRAHAM HAS HAD PEOPLE MOURN HIS LOSS AN REFLECT ON THE LOVEND A DEVOTION HE HAD TO HELPING OTHERS. GRAHAM HAD TSHI ABILITY TO, I THINK, MAKE EVERY FEEL LIKE HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS IN A MILLION DI FFERENT PLACES. REPORTER: FOR PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM, HE WAS MORE THAN JUST A PRIEST. NOT ONLY DID I LOSE A PRIEST, NOT JUST A PRIEST, BUT A FRIEND. YOU KNOW. WE VE ALSO LOST A BROTHER. HE WAS HE WAS LEIK FAMY. REPORTER: SELFLESS, CARING AND COMPASSIONATE ARE ALL WORDS PEOPLE USED TO DESCRIBE GRAHAM. HWAE S ALWAYS DOING MINISTRY, ALWAYS HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. REPORTER: HE RARELY SAID NO. IF YOU INVITED HIM TO SOMETHING HE D MAKE TIME FOR IT. WHETHER IT WAS OUTF O HIS WAY, WHETHER IT DIDN T FIT HIS
The Rev. Graham Golden (Norbertine Community of Santa Mara de la Vid Abbey)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says while no one has been arrested in the crash that killed a Catholic priest Friday night, charges of reckless driving and homicide by vehicle are pending.
“The offender was briefly detained at the scene after refusing medical attention and released at the request of the District Attorney’s Office,” said Jayme Fuller, a BCSO spokeswoman. “Investigators will be executing a search warrant on the offender’s vehicle, and the DA’s Office will complete the charging documents when the case file and traffic reconstruction investigation is complete.”