Grand Jury Indicts Stockton Priest

By Joelle Casteix
Worthy Adversary
January 14, 2014

http://theworthyadversary.com/2608-grand-jury-indicts-stockton-priest

Blaire: didn’t even have the decency to put a now-indicted priest on leave (despite MOUNTAINS of evidence that the priest was a threat)

According to the Lodi News/Modesto Bee, “the criminal grand jury indicted Kelly on three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct on a child and one count of oral copulation with a child.” During five years of civil litigation—which unearthed enough evidence to convince a civil jury that Kelly most likely had abused Travis Trotter—Bishop Blaire allowed Kelly to remain in ministry, working with children and administering sacraments (holding the keys to parishioners’ salvation). After the jury verdict and Kelly fled to Ireland, Blaire said he “urged Kelly to return” but continued to defend the priest‘s innocence. On the eve of a criminal indictment, Blaire declares bankruptcy. What more do you need to know about Stockton’s child protection policies?