CALIFORNIA
OpEd News
By
Joey Piscitelli
STOCKTON, CA.
The Diocese of Stockton’s latest lawsuit nightmare may very well be the straw that breaks the Cardinal’s back. Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles California to be precise.
A new allegation and lawsuit has surfaced this week in San Joaquin Superior Court naming convicted serial molester Fr. Oliver O’Grady once again as the child sex abuser of a victim who is now 25 — and this accusation falls well within the statute of limitations for child abuse cases. The allegation is a potential atomic bomb that may cause the Stockton Diocese to implode. O’Grady was previously convicted in 1993 for lewd and lascivious acts of child abuse.
O’Grady is in jail in Ireland right now, serving a three year sentence for a conviction of possession of child pornography. The prosecution in Ireland followed on the heels of numerous lawsuit settlements that were paid by the Stockton Diocese for O’Grady’s admitted molestation spree that spanned decades in California.
The new Superior Court lawsuit filed by attorney Joe George of Sacramento states the victim was 4 to 5 years old when he was molested by O’Grady in 1992 when O’Grady was in ministry at Saint Andrew’s Parish in San Andreas and at Saint Anthony’s.
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