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CALIFORNIA SF B11 LOSANGELESTIMES 23 boys and girls from 1974 to 1999, including at least four after the priest admitted his molestations to Mahony, the archdiocese has reported. Mahony removed Baker from ministry in 2000, at the time of the confidential settlement, but notify police until 2003. Mahony has expressed regret over the way he handled Baker, calling the case the one troubles me the In a May 2002 letter to priests, Mahony apologized for failing take firm and decisive action much J. Michael Hennigan, church attorney, said the archdiocese proud of the Baker case. is a case that taught us painful he said.

The 2000 complaint wasthe first direct allegationthe church had ever received against Baker, Hennigan added. Cadigan said Baker had said during the settlement talks that he molested the brothers. Baker to me, then offered to settle the case and asked me just please, please let Roger Cadigan said in a phone interview Wednesday. my 23 years of handling sexual abuse claims, he was the first ever to admit directly to me about the Don Steier, criminal attorney, said he was not surprised by the new investigation unfortunate, but it comes as no Steier said. Bill Hodgman, head deputy district attorney, said Wednesday he could not comment.

Baker met with Mahony in December 1986 and told him he had molested two boys from 1978 to 1985, according to the archdiocese. Baker earlier told The Times that he did not provide specifics, and that Mahony did not press him for details. Mahony sent Baker to a residential facility called Servants of the Paraclete in New Mexico, which then treated priests for sexual abuse and other problems. After return to the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Mahony required the priest to attend counseling and placed him in positions where he was restricted from one-on-one contact with minors, the archdiocese said. Six of the 10 rectories where he was placed were next to elementary schools.

Baker violated his restrictions three times by being alone with minors but continued in ministry, according to summaries of church personnel files provided by the archdiocese. The brothers, now in their mid-20s, have said in prior interviews with The Times that Baker began abusing them at St. Hilary Catholic Church in Pico Rivera in 1984 when they were 5 and 7 years old. The family moved to Mexico in 1986, but Baker over the next 13 years flew them to Los Angeles, Palm Springs and Arizona, where the abuse allegedly continued until 1999, at least once in the rectory. The allegations were the basis for the civil settlement.

The Times does not generally identify alleged victims of sexual abuse. According to a lawsuit filed by the sister, who also claimed she was abused, Baker plied the brothers with liquor and sexually oriented and book containing pictures of naked The sister alleged that Baker began molesting her in 1984, when her mother started working at St. and stopped in 1987. The suit, which has not been resolved, alleges that Baker threatened their livelihood if the children revealed the abuse. In another unresolved lawsuit, filed in November 2003, a man identified only as John Doe 3alleged that Baker molested him from 1989 to 1992 while he was a student at St.

Elizabeth parish in Van Nuys. Sources familiar with the current investigation said officials until late 2004 had struggled to make contact with the two brothers and only this year have managed extensive interviews with them. Neither brother has appeared before a grand jury, according to those sources. The archdiocese paid $325,000 of the 2000 settlement, insurers paid $400,000 and Baker paid $500,000. Archdiocese officials have said the Baker case showed that they should immediately remove priests targeted by credible sexual abuse allegations.

D.A. Office Reopens Case of Alleged Sex Abuse Abuse, from Page B1 The killings have come amid a steep uptick in shootings that have left about 200 people wounded. By coming to Compton, Cosby journeyed to one of the birthplaces of the hip-hop slangand gangsta dress and lifestyle he has criticized. He caused controversy last year when he called some in the black community for what he sees as their disrespectofthe legacy of the civil rights movement by embracing sloppy grammar and diction. But in Compton on Wednesday, many speakers welcomed his criticism as an opportunity for the local African American community to take a hard look at itself.

How to turn things around has been the subject of town hall meetings and calls for citizen participation, particularly since local leaders have said the cash- strapped city has no new revenue to buy more services from the Los Angeles County Department. In recent months, with homicides mounting, city leaders have taken steps to improve morale and tackle underlying issues of gang life that fuels much of the local struggle with violence. This month, a city-funded gang intervention program will open its doors, the first in some time. On Saturday, hundreds of residents gathered for what politicians hoped will be an annual Compton pride day, which included a celebrity softball game, food stands and information for job seekers. appearance Wednesday night provided a stark look at the problems from failing schools to violence to young men and women who lack the direction to pursue opportunities such as community college or job training.

He and other speakers traced many of the problems back to the home calling on parents to take a firm hand, to participate each day in their education, to demand excellence, and to be role models for self-sufficiency. Acknowledging that many young black children are being raised by single mothers, several people called on black men to take on a fatherly role not only to their own children but to other children in the community. But with the verve of an old- time revival leader, Cosby asked those gathered to focus on what they could change, to keep an eye toward toward from Ethiopia, from Nigeria, who came from a piece of land with a goat want to come to he said, already The evening was divided into two sessions, one to provide grandparents and foster parents with strategies to help children make better decisions and a second for the wider community to talk about safety issues. who say, not going to flip some burgers. going to sell some drugs, and if I get killed I get mind- Cosby said, we come from giving up.

We came from Many who spoke recounted their own lives to illustrate for the young people in attendance that anyone can achievegoals. John Hill, chief of staff to supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, said he attended 22 grammar schools between first and third grade as the child of migrant parents before going into foster care. Early on, he said, he was determined to live a different life. said to myself: I have to do the homework when my daddy is drunk inside the house, do it in the headlights of the car in the Hill said, getting astanding ovation for his remarks. Later in the evening, Vicky Lindsey, whose eldestson was shot and killed at a Compton High School football game a decade ago, called to the stage anyone in the audience who had lost achild to violence.

Cosby, whose 27-year-old son Ennis was murdered in 1997 in Los Angeles, re- mainedonstage. Tina Norwood Jasper, her sweatshirt a makeshift memorial to her slain son, Biko Hasan, stood next to Lindsey. Hasan, 20, was shot and killed on Super Bowl Sunday as he stood outside house in Compton smokinga cigarette. uncle, brother, was shot nine times and a cousin was struck once. Both men lived.

Hasan was only living child. An older daughter had lived only eight days. trips to the she said. Spencer Weiner Los Angeles Times REVIVAL SPIRIT: Mohammed Mubarak, center, kneels in prayer with others at Compton High School before speech. City leaders have recently started taking steps to tackle gang violence.

Cosby Preaches Hope in Compton Cosby, from Page B1 From Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. A young brother and sister were killed and 11 people were injured Wednesday when a speeding car struck a parked car, and both ran onto a sidewalk near an elementary school, police said. The driver, David Bell, 24, of Fairfield, was held on two counts of murder in the deaths of the siblings, ages 7 and 9, said police Lt. Craig Rossiter. The injured were all children except for one adult.

None of the names were released. Speeding Driver Kills 2, Injures 11 edge of the pier. The search did not involve divers because a powerful ebb tide and currents would have made it too dangerous, officials said. After four hours of searching, authorities began to fearthe worst. of the nature of the injuries, the possible fatalities, at this time this case is now assigned to our homicide San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong told reporters at the scene.

Fong also requested that anyone who may have seen awoman with a stroller in the area call police. The search began in the shadow of downtown San Francisco, just north of the Bay Bridge. The pier area, which is close to the historic Ferry Building, is popular with tourists. Petty Officer Brian Leshak, a spokesman for the Coast Guard, said two 25-foot rescue boats were also participating in the search and were making passes between the Bay Bridge and Alcatraz. The water temperature was 54 degrees, he said.

Mayor Gavin Newsom came to the scene to get briefed by authorities and would only tell reporters, sick to my before leaving. Romney reported from San Francisco and Morin from Los Angeles. Associated Press contributed to this report. Search for Children Bay, from Page B1 818-889-8870 Electrical Plumbing Tile Painting Decks Carpentry FencesandGates GarageDoorRepair WallandCeilingRepair CustomCabinets andMore! RealElectricians.RealPlumbers. OnTime.

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