OAKLAND (CA)
San Francisco Chronicle
June 3, 2019
By Gwendolyn Wu
The Diocese of Oakland has added 18 friars it claimed sexually abused children to a list of accused priests from East Bay parishes, officials said Monday.
The new names come from a list released Friday by the Franciscan Friars of Santa Barbara, whose territory includes California, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Friars on the list may have served in or lived at the diocese in the past, said Helen Osman, a diocese spokeswoman.
Church officials said they did not know of the accusations until the friars released the new list.
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