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	Contempt Hearing Set for Socal Bishop in Sex Abuse Case Associated Press, carried in KGET October 2, 2007 http://www.kget.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=87706b3b-005c-4bba-a45f-2f187855faed SANTA ANA, Calif. — A judge has scheduled a hearing for next week to determine whether Orange County's Roman Catholic bishop should be held in contempt of court for allegedly sending a witness out of the country before he could fully testify in a sex abuse case. The plaintiff's attorney alleges that Bishop Tod Brown ordered Monsignor John Urell, who handled sexual abuse allegations against the diocese, to leave the country because he had potentially damaging information about sex abuse cases. Brown's attorney calls the contempt hearing a stall tactic by plaintiff attorneys and says Brown is eager to get to trial. He also says plaintiff attorneys initially said they didn't need Urell to complete his deposition or testify at trial. The hearing is set for October 9th.
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