STOCKTON (CA)
The Record
By Jennie Rodriguez-Moore
Record Staff Writer
May 03, 2012
STOCKTON – A new child sex-abuse lawsuit has been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Stockton and its highest-ranking official, Bishop Stephen Blaire, alleging abuse in 1992 by defrocked priest Oliver O’Grady.
Blaire became Stockton bishop in 1999.
An unidentified 25-year-old plaintiff was molested by the notorious O’Grady when he was 5 years old, according to the complaint. In 1992, O’Grady was assigned to St. Andrew’s Parish in San Andreas.
Blaire said he shared the complaint with Calaveras County law enforcement after obtaining a copy of court documents Wednesday.
Consultant Patrick Wall, a member of the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, announced the civil action in front of the diocese’s pastoral center at San Joaquin and Channel streets.
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