CBS 2
July 24, 2007
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San Fernando, Calif. — A former Catholic priest who was originally charged in 2002 with child molestation but had his case dismissed was arrested again Tuesday on new charges of molesting a boy while he was assigned to a Pacoima church, prosecutors said.
George Miller, 69, of Oxnard, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in San Fernando Superior Court. He is charged with three felony counts of lewd acts on a child and three counts of sodomy of a person under 14. He is being held on $600,000 bail.
The alleged molestation took place between March 1988 and March 1991, while Miller was serving at Guardian Angel Church in Pacoima, prosecutors said.
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According to the District Attorney's Office, Miller met the victim when the boy was 5 years old. Miller befriended the victim's mother and became a frequent guest at the family's home, eventually taking the victim on overnight trips, prosecutors said.
"As promised, investigations are ongoing into alleged sexual abuse of minors by priests," District Attorney Steve Cooley said. "As evidence is developed to sustain criminal filings, we will do so."
He is facing up to 18 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
In 2002, Miller was arrested and charged with molesting three boys — including the current victim's older brother — in the 1970s and 1980s while assigned to the Pacoima church. That case was dropped, however, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a California law extending the statute of limitations on sex crimes was unconstitutional.
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