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OC bishop faces contempt of court

October 11, 2007 | By Gillian Flaccus

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The sexual abuse case was settled and Roman Catholic Bishop Tod Brown could have walked away without ever saying a thing about it in court.
But an attempt to clear his name of allegations he helped a high-ranking church official avoid testifying has made Brown the first U.S. bishop who could face jail time in the church sex abuse scandal.
A judge began criminal contempt-of-court proceedings against Brown on Tuesday, just three days after he agreed to pay nearly $7 million to settle the lawsuits that led to contempt allegations surrounding Brown's decision to send the chur...

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USA Today

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October 11, 2007

Bishop Tod Brown of Orange County could face prison time

October 10, 2007 | By Catholic News Agency

Santa Ana, Cal, Oct 10, 2007 / 10:49 am (CNA).- Yesterday afternoon witnessed the first time that a judge began criminal contempt-of-court proceedings against a U.S. Catholic bishop. The hearing against Bishop Tod Brown of the Diocese of Orange County could result in a sentence ranging from a verbal warning to jail time.

On Tuesday, Bishop Brown waived his arraignment for violating a court order, which is the equivalent of him entering a plea of not guilty.

The bishop caused Judge Gail Andler to open a contempt of court hearing by sending Monsignor John Urell out of the country to receive me...

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Catholic News Agency

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Orange County Bishop Tod Brown faces prison time for contempt of court. He allegedly sent witness John Urell out of the United States to keep him from testifying in the Jeffrey Andrade sexual abuse case at Mater Dei High School

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October 10, 2007

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