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SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Victims of alleged sex abuse by Catholic priests were expected to distribute leaflets Thursday outside of an Orange County retirement community where two convicted predator priests have recently lived.
Members of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) say Michael Wempe and Denis Lyons may pose a threat to children visiting family members at the Leisure World retirement community.
Both Wempe and Lyons have been convicted of sexually abusing kids and have been accused of or admitted to abusing many others, according to SNAP.
Wempe – whose file was a part of a massive release of documents by the Los Angeles Archdiocese – was convicted in 2006 of sexually abusing a boy, although the former priest admitted to molesting at least 13 other boys during his career in the Archdiocese.
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