Thursday, February 23, 2006

In LA, former priest is convicted of molestation

A former priest was convicted Wednesday of molesting a boy, but the jurors deadlocked on four other counts.

The verdict was pronounced against Michael Edwin Wempe, 66, now retired from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He has admitted that he sexually abused 13 boys in his 36-year career in the archdiocese...

In 1988, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony sent Wempe for psychiatric treatment after Wempe was accused of molesting boys. But then, Mahony restored Wempe to the ministry - a decision he has said he now regrets.
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