CALIFORNIA
Orange County Weekly
By Matt Coker Fri., Sep. 11 2015
An 18-year-old volunteer at St. Kilian Catholic Church is facing charges of molesting a young girl at the Mission Viejo parish, according to prosecutors.
Ryan Joseph Seider of Lake Forest was supervising a group of children at the church on Aug. 22 when he found himself alone with the girl, who is under age 10, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s office.
“The defendant is accused of having Jane Doe sit on his lap and committing a lewd act upon the victim,” says the OCDA, adding the girl informed her parents, the parents contacted the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and, after an investigation, Seider was arrested.
He was charged Thursday with one felony count of lewd act upon a child under 14, and he could go to state prison for eight years and have to register as a sex offender for life if he is convicted, the OCDA says.
Seider, who made his $100,000 bail and is out of custody, is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 23 in Newport Beach.
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