Cesáreo Gabaráin (16 May 1936 – 30 April 1991) was a Spanish Catholic priest and composer of liturgical songs such as Pescador de hombres (Fisher of Men).
His hymns have cited as supportive in moments of personal and communal prayer and praise to God,[1] but were sullied by credible published reports that Gabaráin sexually abused schoolboys in the 1970s.
Named a chaplain prelate of the newly elected Pope John Paul II in 1979, Gabaráin conducted workshops in 22 US cities and recorded 37 albums before his death.
[4] The song was translated into English by Gertrude C. Suppe, George Lockwood and Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon as "Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore".
[6] Gabaráin's noted contributions to church music are now sullied by credible published reports that he sexually abused several under-aged boys when he was a chaplain at Colegio Marista in Chamberí, Madrid.
[7] In August 2021, the Spanish daily El País reported on accusations from 1978 at the school run by the Marist Brothers, a religious community of which Gabaráin was a member at the time.