Priest Is Arrested in Child Molestation Case

A Roman Catholic priest working in New Mexico was arrested on a felony warrant charging him with 25 counts of child molestation while he worked at a Daly City church, police said Tuesday.

Police identified the priest as Jose Superiaso, 49, and said he was serving at St. Andrew's Church in the city south of San Francisco when the molestation allegedly occurred.

Detectives began investigating him after a woman, now 20, reported the alleged abuse. She said the molestation began in July 1994 and continued through November 1995.

Superiaso was ordained in his native Philippines. He also served as a priest at Our Lady of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Belmont and Our Lady of the Pillar Church in Half Moon Bay.