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Litigation

Apr. 16, 2002

Brothers Sue Church, Priest for 1970s Abuse

SANTA ANA - Two Orange County brothers have sued the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a priest who they claim molested them on camping trips and sleepovers in the late 1970s.

By Jenna Bordelon
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SANTA ANA - Two Orange County brothers have sued the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a priest who they claim molested them on camping trips and sleepovers in the late 1970s.
        The lawsuit filed by Mark Bashforth, 39, and Lee Bashforth, 32, targets Father Michael Wempe, a Catholic pries...

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