STOCKTON (CA)
The Record
By Jennie Rodriguez-Moore
Record Staff Writer
April 21, 2012
STOCKTON – The Diocese of Stockton has settled a civil lawsuit and will pay $3.75 million to a plaintiff who accused removed priest Michael Kelly of sexually molesting him.
After obtaining one of the diocese’s largest-ever individual settlements for sexual abuse, the plaintiff named in court papers as John TZ Doe identified himself as Travis Trotter.
Trotter, of Fairfax, was an altar boy at Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton under Kelly’s direction more than 20 years ago. He said he recovered memories of the abuse years later and that the emotional fallout has prevented him from working as an airline pilot.
Trotter revealed his name to encourage other abuse victims to come forward and begin the healing process, he said.
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