IRELAND
The Irish Sun
AN Irish priest who sexually abused a child in California has fled here to avoid justice.
Fr Michael Kelly was last week found to have molested an altar boy in Stockton city in the 1980s.
His victim, who is now 37, took a civil case against him and sought damages.
The jury in the trial unanimously found against on three counts of child sex abuse but Fr Kelly won’t face criminal charges because the statute of limitations has expired.
Kelly, 62, has been stripped of his position at St Joachim’s in Lockeford, California, where he had worked since 2004.
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