CALIFORNIA
The Record
By The Record
January 14, 2014
SAN ANDREAS – A criminal grand jury in Calaveras County has indicted defrocked Stockton Diocese Catholic priest Michael Eugene Kelly on several child molestation counts, and the district attorney has vowed to work with federal authorities to return him from his native Ireland to face the charges.
In a statement issued Monday, District Attorney Barbara Yook noted that the indictment was presented to Calaveras County Superior Court Judge John Martin, who issued an arrest warrant for Kelly in the amount of $175,000.
Kelly faces three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct on a child and one count of oral copulation with a child, according to the statement, and if convicted on all counts could be sentenced to a maximum of 14 years in prison.
Deputy District Attorney Dana Pfeil presented evidence to the criminal grand jury based on a Sheriff’s Office investigation. The indictment alleges that Kelly began molesting his victim when the victim was 10 years old.
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