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	Priest Admits Molesting Boys By Aron Miller LA Daily News December 3, 2008 http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_11124243 Ending another case of priest sexual abuse, a former member of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles who worked at a Pacoima church pleaded guilty Tuesday to molesting a boy 20 years ago. George Miller, 70, also admitted molesting three other victims whose cases can't be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations, prosecutors said. Miller, who has been free on bail since his July 2007 arrest, faces three years in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 30. He must serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. Miller, who lives in Oxnard, had been charged with molesting a boy he met while assigned to the Guardian Angel Church in Pacoima. He befriended the boy's mother and became a frequent guest at their home, police said. The molestations occurred between March 1988 and March 1991, when the victim turned 12. The Miller case was just one of dozens involving Archdiocese of Los Angeles priests. The cases culminated in 2007 with a record $660 million settlement involving 508 victims. In a 2002 interview with the Daily News, one of the accusers said Miller had molested him at a Malibu beach house that priests used as a retreat. That case was dismissed in 2003 after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a law extending California's statute of limitations for sex crimes. Miller was ordained in 1963 and served at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Santa Clarita, San Buenaventura Mission Church in Ventura and St. Philomena in Carson before arriving at Guardian Angel in 1973. He served at the Pacoima parish until 1984, the last three years as pastor, before being transferred to Santa Clara Church in Oxnard. He went out on sick leave in 1996, and retired a year later. Contact: aron.miller@dailynews.com 818-713-3756
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