STOCKTON (CA)
Modesto Bee
Bee News Services
STOCKTON — The second-highest ranking official in the Diocese of Stockton took the stand Thursday in the civil trial of the Rev. Michael Kelly of Lockeford’s St. Joachim Catholic Church.
Kelly is accused of child sex abuse in the mid-1980s.
Monsignor Richard Ryan told the jury that he was the official who was notified that Kelly was being accused of sexual abuse by a 37-year-old man.
Kelly’s accuser is a former altar boy who claims to have repressed memories of abuse he suffered at Annunciation School.
Ryan took the stand for roughly two hours Thursday, taking questions from the plaintiff’s attorney.
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