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[Albert Duggan – Los Angeles archdiocese]
By John Crandall and Richard Core
February 4, 2013
At least two of more than 100 LA County priests accused of sexual misconduct with a minor had ties to Los Alamitos and Seal Beach, newly released church records show.
Last week, the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese released roughly 12,000 pages of clergy personnel files as part of a $660 million 2007 settlement with about 500 alleged sexual-abuse victims. Included in the files is a former priest at St. Isidore in Los Alamitos.
The documents indicate Rev. Albert Duggan was serving as pastor of St. Isidore’s Parish in Los Alamitos from 1948 to 1950. He died in 1979. Additionally, accused Rev. Cleve Carey was living in Los Alamitos from 1976 to 1977 and in Seal Beach from 1977 to 1982. Carey died in 1988.
According to a 2003 report to Archdiocese parishioners, Carey and Duggan were among 210 church officials accused of sexual misconduct with minors since 1930. Casey’s alleged crimes occurred from 1963 to 1966 and involved two accusers. Duggan allegedly assaulted three youths between 1963 and 1971.
A Los Angeles Judge’s decision to require the priests to be identified in the personnel files was the culmination of years of legal wrangling over whether priests’ names should be redacted from the paperwork.
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