STOCKTON (CA)
The Record
By The Record
April 06, 2012 5:58 PM
STOCKTON – The jury in a civil trial has found a local priest guilty of three counts related to child molestation, according to the the lawyer of his accuser.
Attorney John Manly said Friday that the civil jury unanimously agreed with the plaintiff, a 37-year-old man identified in court papers as John TZ Doe, was molested by The Rev. Michael Kelly while he was a priest at Annunciation Cathedral in Stockton and the plaintiff was a student at Annunciation school.
Kelly is currently at St. Joachim Catholic Church in Lockeford.
The second phase of the jury trial will focus on the Stockton Diocese’s role in the abuse, Manly said.
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