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Litigation

Oct. 23, 2014

Former second-in-command of Archdiocese of Los Angeles sued over abuse

Two men accused the former Archdiocese of Los Angeles leader of sexually abusing them beginning when they were about 14 years old, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.


By Matt Hamilton


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Two men accused the former second-in-command of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles of sexually abusing them beginning when they were about 14 years old, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.


The anonymous plaintiffs claim Monsignor Benjamin Hawkes, a one-time chancellor and vicar general of the archdiocese who wielded broad control over the institution's finances, molested them on the g...

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