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Stockton Diocese reinstates priest to duties in Lockeford

March 15, 2008 | By Sue Nowicki

Father Michael Kelly has been reinstated to his post as priest at St. Joachim Catholic Church in Lockeford after an investigation by the Stockton Diocese found no evidence of sexual abuse by Kelly.

Kelly had been on paid administrative leave since October 2007, when a 33-year-old man claimed he had been abused by Kelly sometime between 1984 and 1986.

In a statement released Friday, Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire said the diocese "investigated as thoroughly as possible" but found no evidence to support the abuse claim.

The attorney representing the alleged victim, however, is not backing dow...

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Lodi News Sentinel

Date Posted:

March 15, 2008

Urell back; W. F. B fondly remembered

March 07, 2008 | By Frank Mikadeit

A day to catch up. It didn't take long for plaintiff's attorney John Manly to react to the return of Monsignor John Urrell.

"The people of Orange County, and most importantly the Catholic community, should remember that Monsignor Urell allowed numerous priests and employees of the Diocese of Orange to have access to children after it was well known they had molested children," Manly blasted in an e-mail.

"If Bishop Brown and the Diocesan hierarchy had any real concern for children, they would have sought Monsignor Urell's retirement long ago. The fact that they honor him clearly shows that n...

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Orange County Register

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John Urell, controversial pastor who left St. Norbert's to avoid a sex abuse deposition, returns to ministry.

Date Posted:

March 07, 2008

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