STOCKTON (CA)
Record
By Jeffrey M. Barker
Record Staff Writer
Published Saturday, December 18, 2004
STOCKTON -- A group of people sexually victimized by Catholic priests asked the San Joaquin County district attorney this week to consider perjury charges against Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony.
Mahony was bishop of Stockton from 1980-85. Late last month, he gave a deposition to attorneys preparing to go to trial in molestation lawsuits against Northern California dioceses.
The group, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, wrote in a letter to District Attorney John Phillips that Mahony's comments during the deposition contradicted testimony he gave here during a 1998 civil trial against the Rev. Oliver O'Grady.
O'Grady was found guilty here in 1993 of four counts of lewd and lascivious acts against minors -- crimes he committed while under Mahony's supervision.
Assistant District Attorney Jim Willett said Friday his office had not received the letter from SNAP and could not comment on the allegations.
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