United States: Orange diocese associate pastor convicted on 26 counts; initially sentenced to probation
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Convicted
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associate pastor
Organization
St Bonaventure, Huntington Beach, Diocese of Orange
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Parish boys under an associate pastor's supervision; the probation-only initial disposition is itself a documented artifact of the era's handling.
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Proceedings
1986-09-30 · guilty plea; probation, later six years on violation
California state court, USA. Andrew Christian Andersen, associate pastor at St Bonaventure in Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty in 1986 to 26 felony counts of molesting four boys and was sentenced to probation with treatment rather than prison. He continued offending during therapy; after a 1990 New Mexico arrest he received six years for the probation violation. He was laicised in 1996.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral supervision of parish boys
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Sources
- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Priest Convicted on 26 Counts of Molesting Church Altar Boys', Los Angeles Times, 30 Sept. 1986 (archived).
The contemporaneous LA Times court report of the plea and sentence.
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