Fr. Andrew Christian Andersen
Convicted in 1986 of 26 counts of felony molestation of four boys. Sentenced to five years probation after treatment at Servants of the Paraclete. Continued to molest boys while in therapy. Arrested in New Mexico in 1990 for abuse of another youth. Sentenced to six years prison for violating CA probation. Laicized in the mid-1990s. Prior to 2005 there were $4.62M in settlements regarding Andersen.
- L.A. Times 04.26.86
- L.A. Times 09.30.86
- Altoona Mirror (UPI) 11.25.86
- L.A. Times 11.25.86
- OC Register 01.04.87
- San Jose Mercury News 12.31.87
- San Jose Mercury News 12.31.87
- OC Register 05.03.90
- OC Register 07.19.90
- L.A. Times 01.11.04
- OC Weekly 02.05.04
- OC Weekly 04.12.04
- OC Register 05.17.05
- NY Times 05.19.05
- L.A. Times 05.25.05
- OC Weekly 05.27.05
- California Catholic Daily 10.12.07
- Orange County Weekly 02.10.16
- Diocese of Orange 08.12.16
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