STOCKTON (CA)
The Record
By Jennie Rodriguez-Moore
Record Staff Writer
September 25, 2012
STOCKTON – A woman has come forward, saying she was abused by defrocked priest Oliver O’Grady from 1991 to 1992, when he served in the St. Andrew’s parish in San Andreas.
Identified in court papers as “Jane Doe 51,” the woman said O’Grady molested her when she was 11 and 12 years old. She is now in her 30s.
She filed a civil lawsuit for an unlimited, undetermined amount against the Diocese of Stockton in August at San Joaquin County Superior Court, claiming the diocese failed to protect her by covering up O’Grady’s sex crimes and continuing to employ him.
The civil complaint says Jane Doe 51 comes from a devoutly religious family. She was baptized, confirmed, received the sacraments, went to confession with O’Grady and celebrated weekly Mass at the church.
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