STOCKTON (CA)
CBS 13
[with video]
STOCKTON (CBS13) – A Catholic priest who was held liable in a civil trial earlier this month of sexually molesting an altar boy in the 1980s has fled the country, according to the Stockton Diocese.
Father Michael Kelly informed Bishop Stephen E. Blaire in a letter that Kelly had returned to Ireland to be with his family, citing his declining health after he was found liable in the civil trial on three counts of sexually assaulting a now 37-year-old Bay Area man.
The second phase of the civil trial, to determine if the Diocese of Stockton took appropriate action with Kelly when it learned about allegations against him, is still ongoing.
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