Enrique Rodriguez is a man who assaulted priest Chris Shea, under the incorrect belief that he molested his younger sister who was actually molested by another priest.
History[]
Enrique's sister was raped as a child by Monsignor Menendez and Enrique felt guilt at not protecting her after she ended up doing drugs. Enrique believed Chris Shea was responsible because of his sister going to him and him conveniently being sent away, with Enrique plotting revenge.
In the days before Christmas in 2013, Enrique found out Shea was back in New York and tracked him down. Enrique witnessed Shea hugging a young girl in his car (unaware this was Shea's biological daughter) and becoming enraged Shea was still seemingly molesting children, he smashed his car window. Enrique pulled Shea out of the car while Sofia was able to get away, Enrique then attacked Father Shea with the help of his friend Adam Benitez. In the midst of the assault, recently paroled convict Sam Randall came across the sight and called out to them before intervening on Shea's behalf. Sam pulled the men off Shea, while left beaten before witnesses appeared.
Enrique and Benitez got away while the witnesses believed they were stopping Sam from attacking Shea who was left badly beaten and was in a coma. When SVU tracked Benitez, he gives up Enrique and says the assault was Enrique's idea.
When Fin and Rollins make an arrest, Enrique expresses resentment at the police for arresting him instead of a pedophile priest. Later, Benson and Amaro interrogate Enrique who wants to tell them about how Father Shea molested his sister ten years ago. Enrique claims that Father Shea impregnated his sister Angelica when she was 13 years old and forced her to have an abortion.
Soon SVU find Angelica who visits Enrique in jail to inform him that Father Shea was not the culprit and that he beat up the wrong priest. This news horrified Enrique who felt remorse for his mistake, but he is unable to go free just because he assaulted the wrong priest. In a twist of cruel irony, his actions indirectly caused his sister's trauma to resurface, and she went after her real rapist Monsignor Menendez, leading to her imprisonment. (SVU: "Presumed Guilty")