Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Chico, California, USA · 1948

United States (1948): Chico rector's convictions affirmed for lewd acts against his guild boys and altar boys

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

ordained minister and rector of a Chico church

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The guild, the altar, the choir — the parish's own youth structures were the route to the boys.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

1948-03-08 · misdemeanor convictions affirmed; felony counts remanded

California Court of Appeal, Third District (People v. O'Moore, 83 Cal. App. 2d 586). Maurice M. O'Moore, rector of a Chico church, was convicted on four counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors for lewd acts against boys aged fifteen to eighteen who, in the opinion's words, 'became members of his guild… became altar boys', one singing in the choir. The Court of Appeal affirmed the misdemeanor convictions (hearing denied by the state Supreme Court, March 1948); companion felony counts were remanded for lack of corroboration and are not asserted.

Primary record

official court judgment appellate judgment People v. O'Moore, 83 Cal. App. 2d 586, 189 P.2d 554 (Cal. Ct. App. 1948).: The appellate opinion.

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