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MARTINEZ — Stephen Kiesle, the former Oakland priest implicated in a massive sex abuse scandal in the early 2000s, is headed back to prison, this time for killing a man in a drunk driving crash last year. Kielse, 76, pleaded no contest Friday morning to vehicular manslaughter in the April 2022

Stephen Kiesle changed his plea to no contest for killing man while driving drunk in Walnut Creek.

Stephen Kiesle, the former Oakland priest implicated in a massive sex abuse scandal in the early 2000s, is headed back to prison, this time for killing a man in a drunk driving crash last year. 

Stephen Kiesle, the former Oakland priest implicated in a massive sex abuse scandal in the early 2000s, is headed back to prison, this time for killing a man in a drunk driving crash last year. 

Bishop Michael C. Barber said the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing would allow the diocese to 'stabilize its finances' and help provide 'just compensation' for victims.

Null / ShutterstockBoston, Mass., Dec 2, 2022 / 17:15 pm (CNA).As Californias three-year window to file child sex abuse lawsuits past the statute of limitations nears its conclusion, 66 Catholic clergy and religious have been named in 116 lawsuits in Alameda County, which covers the area between San Francisco and San Jose.Additionally, 14 of the clergy members and religious identified in the lawsuits are named for the first time, the law firm of Jeff Anderson & Associates announced Nov. 28.&...

Dozens of Northern California Catholic priests and church employees – some still working, others retired or deceased – are being publicly accused for the...

A notorious pedophile priest arrested on charges of hitting and killing a man while driving drunk made his first court appearance Thursday.

One man is dead and his wife briefly hospitalized after an allegedly drunk driver rammed into them Saturday, a driver who happened to be a former priest accused of molesting dozens of children.

A notorious defrocked Oakland priest accused of sexually abusing dozens of children was arrested Saturday night after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian...