{"id":85061,"date":"2026-07-31T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85061"},"modified":"2026-07-31T10:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:46:42","slug":"pirate-priest-duping-couples-into-sham-weddings-baptisms-mass-and-spiritual-guidance-unmasked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/pirate-priest-duping-couples-into-sham-weddings-baptisms-mass-and-spiritual-guidance-unmasked\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pirate\u2019 Priest Duping Couples Into Sham Weddings, Baptisms, Mass And Spiritual Guidance Unmasked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>New York Post (caution: tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/photo-padre-gregorio-mora-sg-136028281.jpg\" alt=\"Padre Gregorio Mora Sg, a priest from the Diocese of La Paz.\" width=\"256\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A so\u2011called \u201cspiritual father\u201d is being accused of playing priest and conning Catholics into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/17\/lifestyle\/bride-duped-into-marrying-influencer-in-fake-ceremony-for-followers-but-it-was-actually-an-elaborate-scam\/\">bogus weddings<\/a>\u00a0and baptisms across Mexico\u2019s tourist coast.<\/p>\n<p>The Diocese of La Paz blasted Gregorio D\u00edaz Mora as a fraud and warned he has zero authority to perform\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/07\/07\/divorced-catholics-cant-have-sex-archbishop-says\/\">Catholic sacraments<\/a> anywhere in Baja California Sur.\u00a0\u201cThe Diocese of La Paz informs all the faithful and the general community that the person identified as Gregorio D\u00edaz Mora is not a priest of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/01\/us-news\/ny-archdiocese-offers-800m-to-settle-child-sex-abuse-claims\/\">Catholic Church<\/a>\u00a0and does not belong to or exercise any ministry with authorization or recognition from this Diocese,\u201d the Diocese of La Paz\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid05o6ULPNx3ktiYhS9zHsk1F8rDcpBqvpFWANDCKyfiTd27oYH7SzD5r2kjQfDCJsvl&amp;id=61561670965173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York Post (caution: tabloid): A so\u2011called \u201cspiritual father\u201d is being accused of playing priest and conning Catholics into\u00a0bogus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85062,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85061\/revisions\/85062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}