CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles Times
December 14, 1989
JOHN H. LEE | TIMES STAFF WRITER
A former Roman Catholic priest sought by Los Angeles police on child pornography charges has been arrested by sheriff’s deputies in Spokane, Wash., authorities said Wednesday.
John Bauer, 53, who Los Angeles police said led a four-man ring that produced pornographic videos of boys in Hollywood and Mexico, was arrested late Tuesday night.
Authorities said Bauer is being held without bail on federal charges that he fled California to avoid prosecution. He probably will have an extradition hearing next week.
Spokane County sheriff’s deputies stopped Bauer and a friend on an interstate highway on the outskirts of the city, said Sheriff’s Detective Mark Henderson. A source had informed deputies that Bauer was in town for a day and was apparently headed to Seattle, Henderson said.
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