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Modesto Bee
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SAN ANDREAS — Michael Kelly, a priest found guilty in April of molesting a student at Cathedral of the Annunciation School in Stockton in the 1980s, faces new sexual abuse allegations from his time in Calaveras County.
A civil action against Kelly, the Diocese of Stockton, Bishop Stephen Blaire and Monsignor Richard Ryan was filed Tuesday in San Joaquin County.
The accuser says Kelly sexually abused him as a child in the early 2000s at St. Andrew’s Church in San Andreas.
Vince Finaldi, an attorney for the plaintiff, said in a news release, “Father Michael Kelly was known by the Diocese of Stockton to have allegations of sexual misconduct with minors lodged against him in the past. They ignored their statutory duty to report his crimes to law enforcement and placed him in a position of trust and authority as pastor of St. Andrew Parish. There he used his position to sexually assault my client, who was 12 years old at the time of his abuse.”
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