José Anastácio Alves (born 1963) is a missing Madeiran Roman Catholic priest who exercised ecclesiastical functions in the Portuguese Parish of Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, from 2012 until 2018, before being removed from office in June that year by the Bishop of Funchal due to allegations of child abuse.
On July 24, 2018, he was removed from office in Gentilly by the Portuguese Conference of Bishops in response to an investigation of child abuse initiated in Madeira by the Public Ministry and the Diocese of Funchal.
[2] In 2005, when Bishop Teodoro de Faria was still head of the Diocese of Funchal, Alves was reported to the police as a child abuser and was made arguido the Public Ministry.
On 24 July 2018, the Portuguese Conference of Bishops removed Alves from office in France in response to another alleged child abuse case being investigated in Madeira.
On September 2, the same year, Bishop Carrilho suspended Alves from all ecclesiastical duties, announcing a "zero tolerance"[3] policy and vowing to send all investigation reports and conclusions to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in accordance with Canon Law.