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	Alleged Molestation Victims File Suit against Santa Rosa Diocese KTVU [Santa Rosa CA] October 11, 2006 http://www.ktvu.com/news/10053166/detail.html Santa Rosa -- Seven alleged victims of child sexual abuse have filed suit against priest Xavier Ochoa and the Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese for alleged abuse stretching back more than two decades. Two lawsuits were delivered to Sonoma County Superior Court Tuesday on behalf of alleged victims now between the ages of 11 to 34. The allegations portray Ochoa as a sexual predator more extreme than had been previously reported. Michael Meadows, one of the attorneys representing the alleged victims, said the diocese was negligent in hiring and supervising Ochoa. "Ochoa meets all the characteristics of a lifetime child molester and we believe that he has a history that goes back to Mexico well before he came to Northern California," said Meadows. "This history would have been readily apparent with even the most minimal investigation."
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