Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed against Diocese of Orange and Priest

Anderson Advocates
March 18, 2019

https://www.andersonadvocates.com/Posts/News-or-Event/2357/Child-Sex-Abuse-Lawsuit-Filed-Against-Diocese-of-Orange-and-Priest---News-Conference-Tuesday-in-Santa-Ana.aspx

What: At a press conference Tuesday in Santa Ana, California, survivors, advocates, and the law firm of Jeff Anderson & Associates will:

• Announce a lawsuit on behalf of a man naming the Diocese of Orange and Fr. John E. Ruhl as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that Fr. Ruhl sexually abused the boy at a Placentia parish.

• Discuss the lawsuit and history of Fr. Ruhl, who has now been accused of sexually abusing at least four students before being incardinated in the Diocese of Orange.

• Address troubling public safety danger and lack of information regarding the whereabouts and status of this alleged offender.

• Challenge Bishop Kevin W. Vann to publicly and permanently take action against Fr. Ruhl and to release the identities, whereabouts and files of all clergy accused of sexual misconduct that have ever associated with the Diocese of Orange, including Fr. Ruhl.

• Demand Bishop Vann release the names of all Church officials, past and present, in the Diocese of Orange, who were complicit in concealing child sex abuse.

When/Where: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10:00 AM PST

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Santa Ana – Orange County Airport

Ballroom F

201 E. MacArthur Boulevard

Santa Ana, California 92707