Ex-Priest Charged with Eight Sex Acts on a Child, CBS 2, January 24, 2006

Ex-Priest Charged with Eight Sex Acts on a Child

CBS 2
January 24, 2006

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(AP) LOS ANGELES Michael Stephen Baker, a former Roman Catholic priest who was arrested on his return from Asia last week, has been charged in Los Angeles with eight sex acts on a child.

Michael Stephen Baker made a brief court appearance today but his arraignment was put off until February 14th. Bail was set at $800,000.

Baker was removed from the priesthood by the Los Angeles Archdiocese in 2000.

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In 2003, the district attorney's office charged Baker with 34 counts of molestation on six victims, but those charges were

dismissed because of the U-S Supreme Court's ruling that year involving the statute of limitations on child abuse cases.

The new charges filed today fall during a time period not prohibited by the statute of limitations.