STOCKTON (CA)
Lodi News-Sentinel
By Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Two experts testified on the concept of repressed memory Friday in the clergy sexual abuse civil case against Father Michael Kelly.
Dr. J. Alexander Bodkin, who began his testimony on Thursday, finished up on Friday. Bodkin is an associate professor at Harvard University’s medical school. He said that there is no scientific proof that repressed memory is a valid concept.
The plaintiff claims that, due to repressed memory, he recalled in 2006 that Kelly sexually assaulted him more than 20 years earlier.
Later in the day, Dr. Anlee Kuo, a San Francisco psychiatrist who once examined the plaintiff, testified on the plaintiff’s behalf that he suffers from depression and alcohol abuse due to Kelly’s alleged sexual abuse.
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