SAN FRANCISCO (CA)
Telegram & Gazette
By KIM CURTIS
Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO— A former priest who was deported after serving time for child molestation revealed disturbing details of his attraction to children when lawyers traveled to his village in Ireland for a two-day deposition.
Former priest Oliver O'Grady was questioned in March in a pending civil suit brought by an alleged sex abuse victim against the Stockton diocese, claiming it failed to protect children from a known abuser.
The deposition was filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court by plaintiffs seeking to oppose a motion by the diocese to dismiss the suit. Trial is set for June.
O'Grady, 59, served seven years in a California prison for molesting two brothers while he was a parish priest. He was later removed from the priesthood and deported to Ireland, where he's lived since 2001. He admits molesting as many as 30 children.