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Lodi News-Sentinel
By Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Lawyers in the Michael Kelly sexual assault civil suit argued Tuesday whether the case of former Lodi priest and convicted pedophile Oliver O’Grady should be included as evidence.
During Tuesday’s hearing on what evidence will be admissible in Kelly’s civil trial, Stockton Diocese attorney Jim Goodman argued that O’Grady shouldn’t be included in the Kelly trial. Goodman accused the plaintiff’s attorney, John Manly, of trying to bring O’Grady’s history into the case to strengthen Manly’s case against Kelly.
Manly said that the Stockton Diocese’s history of handling allegations against O’Grady and other priests who allegedly committed sexual abuse should be included in Kelly’s trial to establish a pattern by diocese officials.
“Father Oliver O’Grady was a disgrace to the priesthood,” Goodman said. “(O’Grady and Kelly) are two completely different individuals.”
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