Stockton Priest Flees to Ireland

KMJ News
April 17, 2012

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A Stockton diocese priest has fled the country.

Prompting father Michael Kelly's sudden departure to Ireland was his alleged involvement in a child molestation case.



Kelly was found liable in a civil trial on April 6th of three counts of child sex abuse involving a former altar boy in the mid-1980's.



In a separate case, Kelly has been under criminal investigation since last September on allegations he molested an altar boy in a different diocese in the early 2000's.



Stockton bishop Steven Blair received a letter from Kelly Monday informing him he was already in Ireland still, Kelly maintains his innocence to all charges.