L.A. Archdiocese, Ex-teacher Sued by Former Student

By Jerome Campbell
Annenberg TV News
April 19, 2012

http://www.atvn.org/news/2012/04/teacher-and-archdiocese-involved-sex-abuse-case

The student claims school administrators and officials in the Los Angeles Archdiocese could have prevented the 2006 incident.

The plaintiff, identified as John Doe, filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against his former high school teacher, John Malburg, and the Archdiocese, which owned the school. The plaintiff's suit alleges sexual battery and negligence.

The plaintiff said he was coerced into appearing in a series of pornographic videos produced by his teacher at Daniel Murphy Catholic High while church officials tried to cover up the allegation as early as 2005.

A spokesman of the archdiocese disputed accusations of negligence and said Malburg was removed quickly when information surfaced.

“The archdiocese first became aware of the investigation from the police and fully cooperated with the investigation,” he said. “Malburg was immediately removed from his position and Archdiocesan officials met with parents at the school.”

The lawsuit also includes Malburg’s parents, Dominica and former Vernon Mayor Leonis Malburg, who were involved in a fraudulent scheme to transfer property assets in order for their son to avoid civil judgment claims.

Malburg pleaded no contest to continuous sexual abuse of a minor and using a minor for commercial sex acts and was sentenced to eight years in state prison in a plea deal in which 12 other counts were dismissed.

He has already served eight years in prison in 2009 after pleading guilty to sexually molesting a male student and videotaping another one for commercial purposes.

Malburg, 43, was also the dean of students and vice principal at now-closed Daniel Murphy Catholic High, which was closed by the Archdiocese in 2007 in an effort to help pay for its share of a $660 million settlement with families of other abuse victims.