moratorium. jeremy and vinita? the white house is billing bp to cover the spill-related expenses of federal and state agencies. the tally comes to nearly $51.5 million and it is the third invoice the administration has sent bp since the disaster. the oil company has already paid the first two bills, which total nearly $71 million. in arizona this morning hundreds of people are forced from their homes as wildfires spread. firefighters have been digging trenches and clearing brush to control the flames. don guevara has the story. >> reporter: the schultz fire continues to eat away at the forest near flagstaff, arizona. after two days of burning, firefighters are still trying to gain the upper hand. >> we've been able to preposition crews from other part parts. >> reporter: the schultz fire sparked sunday. the heat, wind and no humidity are only making this blaze stronger. so far, more than 1,300 square miles are charred. two firefighters have been injured butters this been no damage. >> they just made a mandatory -- >> reporter: still, more than 1,000 people evacuated as flames crept up to 500 yards from homes. >> we have to leave. yeah. they came by, said you need to be packed and gone. >> reporter: shelters are open. some were sent scared to them because of the looming flames. >> bright red, the whole sky, evidently was blocked. >> reporter: earlier last weekend another fire started also near flagstaff, that one much smaller. crews now have it under control. authorities arrested a camper who police say carelessly left hot coals at his camp site. >> to me that's stupidity on people not caring. >> reporter: one of the main highways to the grand canyon is closed because of the wildfire. although the park has not been affected. in los angeles, don guevara, abc news. now here is a look at your tuesday forecast. stormy from the dakotas to the mid-atlantic with severe weather threatening fargo, des moines, cincinnati, and charleston. heavy rain along the gulf coast. thunderstorms in the northern rockies. up to 20 degrees hotter than normal in a dozen states. >> dallas crosses the 100 degree mark. 97 in kansas city. 87 in the twin cities. 80s in the northeast. 95 for atlanta today. 76 up in billings. 73 in seattle. 92 in sacramento. now to a makeover for a luxury vessel that served five presidents and was most visible during the camelot era. >> the yacht sailed by john f. kennedy and his family is being restored in south florida right now. jfk renamed the boat after his grandfather. >> presidents truman, eisenhower and johnson sailed the boat. president nixon called it an extravagance and sold it. honey fitz is now owned by a businessman who is investing in its future. >> i wonder if they'll open it up for tourists. >> that would be cool. >> that's a big boat too. >> yeah. we'll be right back with more >> yeah. we'll be right back with more "world news now." imagine this scenario. say you're in a bank, all of a sudden you find yourself in the middle of a holdup. odds are it's not going to happen but it could. >> that's right, it could happen and i had happened to a guy who did the unexpected. here's john donvan. >> reporter: what is the right thing to do when you're facing a man with a gun? it happened to richard camp, and whether he made the right decision when he leapt to break up a bank robbery, you can agree or disagree. >> right there. >> reporter: as we stand in his living room in long beach, california, us filming him watching the whole thing from the very start, from before the trouble began. >> what were you doing in the bank that day? >> just going to pick up checks i'd ordered. >> reporter: suddenly, bottom of the screen, a man in a motorcycle helmet enters. he's there to rob the place and heads straight for the same window where richard is standing. there is no sound with these pictures but richard can narrate every second of what was being said. >> he used expletives and tells me this is a robbery, don't move or else you're going to get blanking killed. i realized, don't think, just go down on the ground like you see in the movies. that's him telling me to get the f up off the ground. >> reporter: he stood there for long seconds debating what to do. >> first i looked and i'm just surprised. i'm like, is this really happening? for a split second i thought, maybe i could do something. no, get that thought out of your mind, this is too dangerous. >> reporter: what is the right move in this situation? police departments across the land put out the same answer. it's on all their websites. if you see a crime in progress, don't intervene, call 911. with calling 911 not an option, richard was trying to follow the gunman's instructions. that's why he kept standing there. >> and i'm looking down, i'm scared. i just point to the .357 magnum, he's going to kill me twice now. >> reporter: note something else going on here, how so many other customers kept going about their business. >> you were the only one who knew, and the teller and robber. >> correct. >> they don't notice you're on the floor? >> obviously these people walk right on by, these people are carrying on alone, this guy's drinking a cup of coffee. >> reporter: now another customer the gunman rushed, making a clumsy grab for his cash. >> that's money falling out of his bag, then reached to get this guy's money. >> that's the gun pressed against his cheek? of this other guy? >> uh-huh. >> now he knows. >> he knows it's for real. now he's a little bit freaked out. >> reporter: it began to feel to richard he might not get out of this alive. >> he's already told me three times that he's going to kill me. >> reporter: perhaps that's why, as the gunman began to climb over the counter, richard went against all that police advice and he did this. >> i remember going, oh, no, i'm doing it! >> when he felt you what did he say? >> he didn't say anything. he's definitely surprised. two or three seconds his hands are up in the air and he's shocked. but i can't lock out the full nelson because of his helmet. >> reporter: that he went for it doesn't surprise amanda ripley at all. >> far and away heroes are more likely to be men, first of all. and more likely to be blue collar men who work in hard, physical jobs that involve some risk-taking. >> reporter: richard, in fact, is a general contractor. he works with his hands. but right now those hands are full because the gunman has started shooting. look, a bullet flies through the cash on the floor. another one, watch, lifts that tablecloth. that shot caught richard in the leg, and yet he wrestled until -- >> i hear, click, click, click. the sweetest sound i ever heard. i knew i had a fighting shot at that point. >> he's out of bullets as far as you know. >> as far as i know he's out of bullets. >> reporter: finally more help starts to come. another customer joins the scene, a security guard, then the police arrive. it's only then he really understands he's got a bullet in his leg. on the way to the hospital he began to wonder again. >> i was asking myself, did you the right thing, didn't i? i asked the ambulance driver that. he's all, you're real, real lucky but you did the right thing. the other argument could have been if you hadn't jumped on that guy he would have done his business, gotten out, you never would have been shot. what about that? >> is it possible everybody could have been all right? yeah, absolutely. it's definitely possible. and again, i'm saying, do we in society get so paralyzed we don't do anything for fear of getting in trouble? okay? and if that fear had been stronger than the fear that said, do something and help out, then i wouldn't have done it. >> reporter: of course, it's unknowable what might have been that morning in the bank. these pictures only tell us what one man chose to do when he had almost no time to decide. i'm john donvan in long beach, california. >> it's one of those questions you always ask yourself. i've played out those scenarios in hi head when i'm on line at the bank. what would i do right now if there were a robbery? on an airplane, what would i do if some terrorist tried to do something? now you see what happens when one guy does something. >> the funniest thing was the guy saying to himself, oh, no, i'm doing this, i'm actually doing this, i didn't think i'd be doing this. >> feet, don't stop now. >> i would be out of there. coming up, cheerleaders hoping for a big victory. >> a legal victory. the courtroom battle with so much more at stake for ever every college cheerleader. that's next. look at this, tens of thousands of lakers fans jamming a two-mile route through los angeles paying tribute to the back to back champions. there's kobe. the lakers showed off the league's championship trophy which they won thursday against the celtics. police say they only made about seven arrests for minor offenses. this is old hat there, people don't get too carried away anymore. >> i think there was like $2 million, and the lakers picked up the bill for that too. >> they could afford it after these back to back-wins. in the world cup spain got back on track with a 2-0 victory against honduras. the score could have been worse. spain missed a penalty kick. the final round of group stage matches begins today. and here at home, the question is what is a sport? the answer is being decided now in a connecticut court. >> the outcome of the case could affect college athletics across the country as linsey davis reports. >> reporter: no pom-poms or megaphones here. the quinpiac university cheer leaders are agile and strong. they see themselves as gymnasts and think what they do is a sport. last year the university agreed. they eliminated women's volleyball and replaced it with cheerleading, officially recognizing them as athletes. that didn't sit well with the volleyball team, which filed a lawsuit against the school saying, not so fast. the school says it was about cost. volleyball costs $70,000 a year for 11 players, while cheerleading costs $50,000 for a team of 40. now it's up to the court to decide if cheerleading is really a sport. they'll be looking to title ix, the federal law that defines a sport and requires schools to provide equal opportunities for men and women to compete. >> you look at a variety of factors to determine whether cheerleading is a sport. does it have a defined season and coaching and a certain number of practices and competitions? >> cheerleading will always have a stereotype. but for right now, doesn't matter what they say, i know what i do. >> reporter: it's now in the court's hands. many in the women's sports community will be watching closely from the sidelines. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> it seems awfully athletic to me. i would argue that it is a sport. >> they have to tumble, i wonder what we would be like. >> i don't know if i could make it happen. but i could certainly rock the uniform. >> we look like those people from "snl." >> that's terrible. >> and i'm angry. per the norm. >> give me a "w," give me an "o," give me an "r," give me a get out of here. >> be more aggressive! but don't worry, he'll find someone else. "world news now" delivers your "morning papers." >> it's time for your "morning papers." living in new york i feel like i'm constantly getting honked at whencross the street. >> because everybody's so smitten with what they see, they're like whoo-hoo! >> anyway. this is with the team of hair and makeup. you know what i look like normally. normally when that happens you get honked at, you get embarrassed, you jump back onto the curb. not how this dog chose to handle it. he said, i'm going to vandalize the car that did it. >> nice. >> you can see he gets upset. then he pulls off the bumper sticker. then comes back as though to taunt the drive area little bit more. >> license plate. >> what did i say? >> bumper sticker. >> the reason i said bumper sticker is because in our people downstairs believe that this is faked, that this is rigged, because you can see it's not screwed on well ala a bumper sticker. >> could be. jake would never do, that he's freaked out by the sound of car horns. >> iowa imagine most dogs would do that, run up to a car like that. >> you wouldn't think, unless it was some sort of viral video someone was trying to get played on "world news now." >> it worked. >> speaking of that, here's sort of a strange viral video i would never expect would go viral. but a japanese violinist has become all the rage because he now plays the song from super muir i don't brothers. it's not just like the theme. it's like the whole soundtrack while you're playing the game. he's got the whole thing nailed down. he also does donkey kong by the way. i know you were wondering. also dragon quest. he takes requests. >> that outfit adds a level of class to the whole thing. >> it does. he's 34, he's classically chained. of course he's wasting his time and energy -- >> whatever, this is not a waste of time and energy, i bet in a week we'll be reporting this guy has a deal with nintendo. he's good, though, isn't he. >> he's good. it's a little more entertaining than listening to the regular version. >> i would have to agree. >> a little-known fact, i used to play the violin. >> did you really? >> i really did. >> how old were you? >> in grade school. and i got beat up. >> i have to say. i didn't know that about you. >> i did. >> bring it in. >> maybe i will. >> don't, please. >> here's something i don't want you to bring in. your underwear. but this little kid had plenty -- >> don't worry, i don't wear those. >> whoo! what the heck's going on here? this is to raise money for a marine wounded in iraq. this 10-year-old kid from new york decided he was going to go after the world record for wearing the most underpants. the record was 200. he got to 215. they say at one point he fell asleep. his feet fell asleep, they placed him on the ground and kept going. 18 minutes for jack to pull on last year, i joined the wounded warrior project as their national spokesman. during that time, i have met some of the most amazing men and women, who were injured in the war on terror in iraq and afghanistan. i have visited the hospitals and have witnessed the enduring spirits of those recovering. these brave warriors have suffered catastrophic injuries. many are missing limbs or have been badly burned. some will suffer through the effects of traumatic brain injuries for the rest of their lives. regardless of your position on the war, one thing is for certain -- these heroes and their loved ones deserve our help. no wounded veteran should bear the weight of his or her sacrifice alone. through the wounded warrior project, we can enrich these war veterans' lives with adaptive programs that will get them back into life's mainstream. damon: log on to woundedwarriorproject.org to find out more about this fine organization that is helping these returning injured veterans and their families with their new lives. the greatest casualty is being forgotten. let's make sure this doesn't happen to my brave friends. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. ♪ green, 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that i did but a good friend of mine about meet and get married after meeting somebody online. >> it does work. >> it's not sort of -- >> it's not avant guard anymore. >> it's old school. no longer going to the bars is in vogue, now online. we'll talk about that this half hour. good morning, i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. it was a shocking end to a high-profile terror case. faisal shahzad admitted plotting to bomb times square. >> calling himself a muslim soldier, shahzad warned future terror attacks on the u.s. are coming. aaron katersky was in the courtroom. >> reporter: faisal shahzad stood before a judge for nearly an hour. cast himself as part of the answer to u.s. killing muslims. he then pleaded guilty to ten terrorism and weapons charges for the may 1st attempt to detonate a car bomb in times square. the judge questioned shahzad, whether he understood the charges, some of which carry mandatory life sentences. shahzad stunned the packed courtroom saying, yes, and he wanted to plead guilty 100 times more to let the u.s. know if it doesn't stop meddling in muslim affairs, we will be attacking the u.s. the judge did not immediately accept his plea. in court the bridgeport, connecticut, resident detailed his plan to set off a bomb in times square on a warm, crowded saturday night with the sidewalks of the broadway theater district packed with potential victims. wearing a white skullcap he said he had three bombs in the suv he parked near a theater. when asked if he was concerned about killing children he explained he considered his cause a war and he a muslim soldier. he has been cooperating with authorities since he was arrested at jfk airport may 3rd. at the last minute he was pulled off a plane to dubai as he attempted to flee the country. sentencing has been scheduled for october 5th. aaron katersky, abc news, new york. the supreme court says the government can ban all aid to terror groups even if it's humanitarian assistance aimed at resolving 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earnest in orange beach, alabama, bp finally gave 11 smaller companies a shot. all of them profess to have the solution. >> this pulls up oil so fast. >> it can hold up to 75 times its weight. >> reporter: earthbound green, that's the company that devised the kitty litter-like stuff that cleans up the oil. they've devised these giant kitty litter scoopers. still, some worry many of the efforts to clean the oil are causing as much damage as the spill itself. this environmentalist was shooting a plea on youtube that cleanup crews were trampling a nesting area for terns. >> this truck right now is passing within ten feet of that nest. >> reporter: immediately after those pelicans were released they flew out of their cages. some alone, then in pairs. eventually they formed a flock. wildlife officials in texas tell us even though they were taken hundreds of miles away from their birthplace, those pelicans have found a pretty decent new home. matt gutman, abc news, orange beach, alabama. the 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a youngster a chance to be a youngster. >> all thanks to an innovator's bright idea he turned into an amazing invention. dr. richard besser has the details. >> reporter: 9-year-old morgan larue loved to play basketball. until she was diagnosed with bone cancer last year. she was treated with chemotherapy and surgery. but if she did not receive an intervention, she faced the possibility of many more surgeries. >> you do a separate operation every four to six months. >> reporter: operations necessary because as she continues to grow, she will outgrow the prosthesis she was given to replace a part of her leg. >> the difficult thing for morgan who has a lot of room to grow is that after surgery, she could potentially have uneven leg lengths. very uneven leg lengths. >> reporter: here's the amazing part, she won't face a childhood full of surgeries now because of a new invention engineered for morgan by this man, alec mcknight. >> this is where it will extend -- >> reporter: this extendable replacement bone can grow as she grows. how does that work? inside morgan's leg is a tiny magnet and gearbox. when morgan places her leg into this larger doughnut-shaped electromagnet, it creates an electromagnetic field which moves that smaller magnet inside, activating the gears and extending it gradually. for every four minutes her leg is in the doughnut it grows one millimeter. and there's no pain. during her first session morgan played a video game. how long will it last? >> there will be enough growth capacity in the implant to get her to full height. >> strong enough for her to play sports and live a full life? >> she can go out and play basketball, she can go out and ride a bike, she can live as full a life as she could hope to. >> reporter: what does she hope to do now? >> run and jump and play. >> reporter: hope of play, not just for morgan but for hundreds of children who will benefit from an inspired idea. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >> it really is inspired. the idea that she's going to be able to do this relatively pain-free and be a normal, active child over the course of her childhood is amazing. >> it's so cool. the parents are saying this all started with her coming home one day saying, my knee hurts. that was all it took. they took her to the doctor and quickly found there was a tumor in her knee. she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, and that is what's deep within the leg now. >> this device could help change a lot of lives, that's for sure. that's the news for this half hour. you can always connect with us on our facebook page. let's turn over this log. yeah! both: whoa! i like the big black ones. i like the brown wiggly ones. mmm. i like the green crunchy ones myself. whoa. explore nature. there are surprises everywhere. go to discovertheforest.org. tough talk from the times square bomb plot suspect. his plea in court and his warning to the u.s. then, coastal crisis. the financial pinch hits home. 63 days since the oil rig disaster and now new hope for relief. and, surprising secrets. >> she always told my mom he was a really busy man. >> but he was a roman catholic priest with a double life. it's tuesday, june 22nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning and thanks for being with us on this second day of summer. >> yes. >> long day yesterday. >> long day yesterday and a hot one. >> it was really hot. good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. . times square bomber faisal shahzad will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting his guilt in the case. >> shahzad gave a chilling and detailed confession during his appearance in federal court. t.j. winick has the details this morning. t.j.? >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and vinita. speaking to the judge, shahzad railed against the u.s. and made no apologies. calling himself a muslim soldier, faisal shahzad stood in a u.s. district courtroom in manhattan monday where he pleaded guilty to ten terrorism and weapons counts, some of which carry mandatory life sentences. defiant throughout the hearing the 30-year-old american citizen described trying to set off a bomb in the suv he parked in times square on may 1st. >> the judge asked him, you are a soldier, a muslim, but there were no soldiers in times square. he said, the people choose the government. he was asked, even the children who were there? he said, the drones in pakistan don't know if they kill children. >> reporter: the indictment against shahzad accuses the bridgeport, connecticut, resident of receiving explosives training in pakistan during a five-week trip to that country. he returned to the u.s. in february. shahzad revealed the vehicle in times square contained three separate bombs. a fertilizer bomb packed in a gun cabinet, a set of propane tanks, and gas canisters rigged with fireworks. the bomb failed and a street vendor notified police after seeing smoke coming from the suv. two days later shahzad was arrested on board a flight to jfk airport as he tried to flee to dubai. there have been other arrests but no formal charges in this case. shahzad's sentencing was set for october 5th. jeremy and vinita? any aid to a terror group, even humanitarian aid, is now considered illegal. in a 6-3 supreme court ruling chief justice john roberts said providing any expert advice would free other resources for terrorism. the president calls the law an important tool in fighting terror. medicine and religious materials can be sent to terror groups under the new law. top u.s. diplomat richard holbrook's visit to afghanistan is now in its second day. gunfire broke out as he arrived in marjah yesterday. taking control of that city is key to president obama's war strategy. miguel marquez is embedded with u.s. marines there. >> reporter: it was supposed to be just another high-profile visit to a crucial town. then -- >> this is one of the unpredictable things about afghanistan and mar marjah in particular. a gun fight broke out. it's not clear who exactly the afghan national police are shooting at. and they're still shooting. marines told us several insurgents shot at the b-22 aircraft carrying ambassador holbrook. he took it in stride. >> i've been shot at in other countries. a lot of other countries, actually. >> reporter: marines have been fighting here for four months and have succeeded in driving out taliban fighters. beginning to fill a functioning government. progress hasn't been as quick and dramatic as expected. >> it's a complicated situation. >> reporter: complicated and volatile. less than a minute after holbrook left, a huge explosion rocked marjah's government center. afghan police told us three suicide bombers were planning to attack the delegation. the only casualties, the bombers themselves. but a sobering day, given that the next u.s. mission ousting the taliban from kandahar involves a much larger city with a much larger population of taliban fighters. miguel marquez, abc news, marjah, afghanistan. a teacher and three other educators at a houston charter school have been charged in connection with a student beating caught on videotape. this disturbing video from cell camera appears to show the teacher kicking, slapping dragging a 13-year-old student back in april. the teacher, who has since been fired, faces the most serious charges. the others are accused of failing to report child abuse. the obama administration has sent another bill to bp to cover cleanup costs in the gulf. this bill, nearly $51.5 million, is the third sent to bp since the april disaster. bp has already paid $71 million to cover the first two bills. a law passed after the "exxon valdez" disaster forces oil companies to pay cleanup costs. >> none of that money will go to help the businesses and workers who have lost their livelihoods since the disaster. a new $20 billion relief fund aims to help them, as sharyn alfonsi reports, that money can't get there fast enough. >> reporter: every aspect of life in the gulf has changed. beaches once full, this weekend bare. tourists now replaced by tar balls. even the day-to-day routine here has changed. around the gulf, they're used to getting up early to fish. unable to do that, they now do this. lining up at 3:00 a.m. for grocery vouchers. that's where we met marney lamm. the single mother of two sells seafood. her hours have been cut in half. she's never had to ask for help before. but the oil spill is destroying her livelihood and her life. >> to pay my bills and put food on my table no, problem. now it's a problem. >> reporter: on this day, tempers flare. those waiting, fearful they won't have enough vouchers. >> we know there is a large amount of people. we've increased the number. >> reporter: marney has filed a claim with bp. she got a check for $300. her rent is $600. >> i should have money put aside from this week and next week to pay my rent, i don't have it. >> what will you do? >> i don't know what i'll do. >> reporter: relief fund administrator ken feinberg told "good morning america" claims from victims will be filled faster. >> i think we've got to turn the claims around much faster. i think when an individual comes in and asks for emergency assistance, that person should not have to keep coming back. >> reporter: but there's little hope it will get better soon. bp's ceo tony hayward, who was spotted yachting over the weekend, announced he will not attend an oil conference this week. a spokesman says he is "committed to the gulf relief effort." relief so many people here are increasingly desperate for. one bit of relief could come on wednesday. a judge is going to decide whether or not to lift that ban on deep water drilling. that is controversial but it could put thousands of people back on the water and back to work. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, lafitte, louisiana. now here is a look at your tuesday weather. storms likely from fargo to washington, d.c. gusty winds, hail, flash floods and tornados threaten the midwest. heavy rains from new orleans to tampa. evening thunderstorms in new york and new england. dangerous weather across the plains, gulf coast and midwest. >> 90s from omaha to indianapolis today. 82 in boston. 95 in atlanta. 91 in miami. dallas heats up to 101. phoenix 104. albuquerque's 97 today. 70s for the pacific northwest. 81 up in boise. some environmentalists in motor city are celebrating the demise of a well-known brand of suv. >> the burned-out body of a gas-guzzling hummer was buried yesterday during a mock funeral in detroit. pretty big crypt for that thing. >> yeah. >> the peace group code pink plans to paint the hummer pink and turn it into a huge planter all in celebration of general motors' decision to top making the huge military-inspired suv. >> organizers who you saw decked out in pink said they wanted to show they are dead serious about the future of our planet. >> how environmentally 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priest who had access to the highest levels of the vatican, and his son. our brian ross investigates. >> reporter: until he was 17 years old, raul gonzalez thought the reason his father was never at home was because he worked for the cia or some big oil company. >> my dad told my mom that he was a cia agent. >> reporter: but it turned out the man gonzalez calls his father worked for another organization no less secretive than the cia -- the roman catholic church. gonzalez says he is the son of this man, father marcial maciel, a favorite of the vatican for decades as the founder and leader of a prominent, financially prosperous, and politically conservative catholic order, the legionaries of christ. a man with a very secret double life. >> he always told my mom that he was a really busy man. that he was always flying on trips because of his business of the company. >> reporter: gonzalez says he did not learn his father's real occupation until he saw him on the cover of a magazine in clerical garb, accused of sexually abusing young seminarians under his control for decades. >> i want justice for all the victims of sexual abuse. >> reporter: lawyers for gonzalez filed suit against the legionaries of christ, alleging he too was a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of his own father, who died two years ago. >> he is one of the many, many kids and others abused and deceived by maciel. >> reporter: it was a deception worthy of the cia. for 17 years gonzalez says he never saw the man he called father in clerical garb. this was maciel on a trip to the beach in colombia. here in shorts on a hike in colombia, with gonzalez's half-brother omar. it was on this trip, gonzalez says, that the sexual abuse began. >> i was sleeping with him like a normal child that sleeps with his dad at 7 years old. this abuse happened in the early morning. >> reporter: in his first television interview, provided to "nightline" by investigative reporter jason berry, gonzalez told how his father groomed him and his half-brother for sexual abuse. >> he always told us that -- how to kiss. how to kiss him. because he was -- that's the way we were going to learn how to kiss a girl when we grew up. >> reporter: it happened again when gonzalez says his father arranged to meet him in london. the emotions still raw some 20 years later. >> i saw my dad. he took me on a -- how you say -- on a walk. he said -- we got to the hotel. and he said, like, hey, i want to tell you -- i want -- take down your pants. okay. took down my pants. then he said -- he took down his pants. >> reporter: all the while maciel was growing in prominence inside the catholic church. his legionaries of christ order spread around the world, providing the church with hundreds of future priests. even after other priests accused father maciel of sexual abuse against children, pope john paul ii honored maciel on his 50th year as a priest, calling him an efficacious guide to youth. gonzalez says maciel taught him pope john paul ii was protecting him. >> my dad told my mom when john paul ii dies, he was going to be in trouble. >> reporter: under pope benedict, father maciel was finally ordered out of active life as a priest. and the legionaries of christ has now been put under vatican control. maciel died in 2008. never put on trial, and still a priest. >> i'm not going to die and leave this world until i see justice done. >> brian ross reporting. obviously a horrifying thing for any father to betray their child like that. but the idea that this father happened to be a priest with such close ties to the pope is an even bigger betrayal. >> you can only imagine how traumatic these experiences must have been for that young man, given he has a vivid recollection of all the details. it all happened when he was 7 years old as well. >> all these years later still horribly affected by it. çó all right, "skinny" time on a tuesday. it's rare in "the skinny" we actually talk about good deeds done by 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star date minus 312538. location, downtown riverside. these are the continuing voyages of the riverside renaissance, a five-year mission to showcase riverside as a city of arts and innovation. as part of that, "star trek: the exhibition" has beamed down. >> scotty, where's that power? >> coming, sir! >> reporter: it's one of the largest collections of star trek artifacts and information ever on display. >> this exhibit is focusing on the science behind science fiction. so all of the gadgetry that are included, the props, they look like a lot of the things that we're using today. >> reporter: for example, take a look at this engineering padd from the original series. maybe steve jobs had it in mind when he came up with the ipad. of course, kids might see this and say, what kind of cell phone is that? but there's plenty to learn and plenty to see. >> it's educational as well as fun. >> this is the first star trek exhibit of its kind to come to southern california. and city officials are hoping it brings tourists to riverside at warp speed. engage, scotty. >> riverside is a city of arts and innovation. this is a signature example what we're about. >> reporter: the mayor says he's not a trekker himself but he hopes this exhibit will help tourists trek here. >> this is a welcome. come see the exhibit. come see riverside. >> reporter: the exhibit costs $15 for adults. so boldly go where no man has gone before. at least until the exhibit beams away in february next year. in riverside, this is rob mcmillan for abc news. >> i'm sure it will do a lot to boost the local economy. these people are rabid, they travel all over. >> they get all dressed up to go to these museums. right? >> don't act like you're not one of them. >> i'm a trekkie. >> you've got the outfit at home. >> i almost said princess leia. wrong movie.