CALIFORNIA
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Associated Press
RIVERSIDE, Calif - Six men claim that as teenagers they were molested by a man who is a former Roman Catholic priest and lay high school teacher, according to lawsuits filed in Los Angeles County.
Three of the men claim Jesus "Jesse" Dominguez, 55, abused them while he served the Diocese of San Bernardino at a Coachella church in Riverside County in the mid-1980s, The Press-Enterprise reported Tuesday.
Three other men accused Dominguez of abusing them in the 1970s at a Los Angeles County Catholic school, where he served as a teacher before being ordained a priest.
The men in the Coachella case are also suing the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for negligence.
Archdiocese spokesman Tod Tamberg said there were no records that Dominguez served as a priest in Los Angeles County.
Posted by kshaw at December 15, 2004 04:31 AM