More Victims Sought after Mission Viejo Church Volunteer Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation

By Louis Casiano
Orange County Register
September 11, 2015

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/seider-682039-girl-church.html

More possible victims of an 18-year-old Mission Viejo church volunteer, who is suspected of molesting a child, are being sought, the Orange County District Attorney said Thursday.

Ryan Joseph Seider of Lake Forest was a volunteer at St. Kilian Catholic Church when is believed to have molested a young girl, the DA said. Seider was supervising a group of children on Aug. 22 when he was playing with the girl, who was under 10 years old.

After getting her alone, Seider put the girl on his lap and molested her, the statement said.

The girl reported the incident to her family, who then contacted the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Seider was arrested on Aug. 25.

St. Kilian church officials, when reached by phone, were not available for comment Thursday evening.

Seider was charged with felony lewd act upon a child under 14 years old. He was released Aug. 26 on $100,000 bail, according to jail records.

He faces up to eight years in state prison and lifetime sex offender registration.

Anyone with information or who believes they may be a victim should contact Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigator Mark Gutierrez at 714-347-8794 or Sgt. Wade Walsvick at 714-647-7418.

Contact the writer: 714-796-2478 or lcasiano@ocregister.com