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Suit targets former SR priest: Alleged victim's attorney ran newspaper ad seeking information about Timmons

Gary Timmons Ex-priest, shown in 1996, served four years in state prison for child molestation.

A new lawsuit against former Roman Catholic priest Gary Timmons became public this week after an attorney ran a newspaper advertisement seeking new information about the convicted child molester.

The ad was labeled "Did You Know Fr. Gary Timmons?" and appeared in The Press Democrat at least three times in the past week. It was purchased by a Newport Beach attorney who himself received a $5.2 million settlement as a plaintiff in a molestation lawsuit filed a decade ago against the Orange County dio...