New Child Sex Allegations against Ex-Priest

Monterey Herald
September 12, 2012

www.montereyherald.com/state/ci_21523916/new-child-sex-allegations-against-ex-priest

STOCKTON, Calif.—There are new child sex allegations against a former California priest. A San Joaquin County lawsuit filed on Tuesday says Michael Kelly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy in the 1980s when he was a priest at St. Andrews Church in San Andreas.

Five months ago, a Stockton civil jury found Kelly liable for the molestation of an altar boy when he was a priest at Cathedral of Annunciation in Stockton in the 1980s.

The Catholic Diocese of Stockton paid nearly $4 million to settle that suit.

Kelly was removed from the ministry and has since gone to his native Ireland, citing health problems.

The Modesto Bee (bit.ly/RRAucR) says the latest suit was filed against the diocese.

Plaintiff attorney Vince Finaldi says the diocese knew Kelly was having sex with boys.