CALIFORNIA
Orange County Register
BY LOUIS CASIANO JR. / STAFF WRITER
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.
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