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Exterior of trailer home belonging to Carl Sutphin, former catholic priest who was charged with 14 counts of molestation for sexually abusing six children nearly a decade ago2. Various wide shots of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eVentura, California - 05 March 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Exterior of trailer home belonging to Carl Sutphin, former catholic priest who was charged with 14 counts of molestation for sexually abusing six children nearly a decade ago\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various wide shots of trailer development where Sutphin lives\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of Sutphin talking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Sutphin, Former Catholic Priest:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't remember the numbers. I won't say I deny it. I do not deny it, no.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Sutphin with walker \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Sutphin, Former Catholic Priest:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The church could have acted quicker, I think, and sometimes reports were not made right away. In my case, some of the cases didn't come forward until 15 or 20 years later.\" \u003cbr/\u003eVentura, California - 05 March 2011\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Unidentified man who claims he was a sexual abuse victim of Carl Sutphin ++He asked the Associated Press to protect his identity++:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The church wasn't exactly forthcoming about releasing these priests' names. They were worried about their own image and saving face with their own congregations. I just think something needs to be done.\"\u003cbr/\u003eVentura, California - 05 March 2011\u003cbr/\u003e8. Reporter knocking on door of George Miller's home. Miller is Sutphin's neighbour and a former priest on the sex offender database  \u003cbr/\u003e9. Close of Miller as he pulls door shut UPSOUND: (English) George Miller, former priest: \"Yeah I have no comment.\" \u003cbr/\u003eBeverley Hills, California  - 04 March 2011 \u003cbr/\u003e10. Close of lawyer Ray Boucher looking at list of priests accused of sexual abuse \u003cbr/\u003e11. Boucher looking at list \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ray Boucher, Lawyer for church abuse victims:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a frightening realisation that these are time-bombs waiting to go off.\"\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, California - 06 March 2011 \u003cbr/\u003e13. Exterior shot bells of the Our Lady of Angels Cathedral of the Los Angeles Archdiocese\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of Our Lady of Angels Cathedral\u003cbr/\u003e15. Crucifix atop cathedral\u003cbr/\u003e16. Statue of Our Lady over the main foyer of cathedral \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, California - 04 March 2011 \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Henningan, Attorney for the Archdiocese:\u003cbr/\u003e\"They think or they are arguing that simply because they were named in a lawsuit means they should branded, like Megan's Law. It's not fair, it's not right and it's not true.\" \u003cbr/\u003eGardena, California - 06 March 2011\u003cbr/\u003e18. Pan of trailer home development managed by Gerald Fessard a former priest convicted of sex crimes\u003cbr/\u003e19. Fessard, former priest who was convicted of sex crimes, zooms out of Fessard talking to reporter UPSOUND: (English) Gerald Fessard: \"I really have no comment\" \u003cbr/\u003eRowland Heights, California - 05 March 2011\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid house where Stephen Hernandez lives\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close up front door\u003cbr/\u003e22. Reporter speaking with Hernandez UPSOUND: (English) Stephen Hernandez \"no I can't\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Set up Chitira Zuno, Hernandez's neighbour, with her grandson\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (English) Chitira Zuno, Neighbour:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I know some priests that have been accused and maybe he done a mistake once in his life and this is going to be after him all his life.\" \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, California - 06 March 2011\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close of crucifix cutting in the concrete wall of Our Lady of Angeles Cathedral \u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of Our Lady of Angeles Cathedral \u003cbr/\u003eDozens of former and current priests and religious brothers accused of childhood sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are reported to be now living unmonitored by civil authorities in communities across the state and the United States as a whole.\u003cbr/\u003ePlaintiffs' attorneys have worked with private investigators since October to compile a list of the priests' addresses, the most comprehensive accounting of the whereabouts of the 233 clergy accused of abuse in civil lawsuits in the Los Angeles archdiocese. \u003cbr/\u003eThey hope to use it on Thursday to persuade a judge to recommend the release of all church files for every priest or religious brother ever accused of sexual abuse in the sweeping litigation.\u003cbr/\u003eThe list of addresses, obtained by The Associated Press, contains nearly 50 former priests who live unmonitored in California, and another 15 in cities and towns from Maryland to Texas to Montana. \u003cbr/\u003eMore than 80 more cannot be located despite an exhaustive search by plaintiffs' attorneys. Four are believed to have fled to Mexico or South America. About 80 are dead.\u003cbr/\u003eCarl Sutphin was a priest who left ministry in the Roman Catholic church just before being charged nearly a decade ago with 14 counts of molestation for sexually abusing six children. \u003cbr/\u003eHe was never convicted of the charges, and he now lives in a mobile home in a quiet neighbourhood within two miles of a youth sports complex, a library, two day care centres and at least two elementary schools.\u003cbr/\u003eSutphin admits he molested children as a priest, but his name doesn't show up in a sex offender database because the charges were dismissed because too much time had elapsed.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't remember the numbers. I won't say I deny it. I do not deny it, no,\" Sutphin, who has been accused of abuse by 18 people, told The Associated Press. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The church could have acted quicker, I think, and sometimes reports were not made right away. In my case, some of the cases didn't come forward until 15 or 20 years later,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eLead plaintiff lawyer Raymond Boucher says it's the only time anyone has put together a list of priest addresses in any other diocese or archdiocese nationwide. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a frightening realisation that these are time-bombs waiting to go off,\" Boucher said.\u003cbr/\u003eLawyers hope to eventually make the names and locations of abusive priests available to the public, similar to Megan's Law databases that exist nationwide.\u003cbr/\u003eThe church is willing to release a significant number of documents from priest files and has already made public the names of priests who were credibly accused or whose names were listed in civil lawsuits, archdiocese attorney Michael Hennigan said. \u003cbr/\u003eThe archdiocese believes, however, that many of the priests whose addresses appear on the list were wrongfully accused. \u003cbr/\u003e\"They think or they are arguing that simply because they were named in a lawsuit means they should branded, like Megan's Law. It's not fair, it's not right and it's not true,\" Hennigan said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe archdiocese in 2004 released the names of more than 200 accused priests - including Sutphin's - in a report to parishioners. The list did not include the men's whereabouts.\u003cbr/\u003eAbout 30 of the individual priests, including Sutphin, are also fighting the release of files.\u003cbr/\u003eThey argue that the settlement, which contained provisions for the release of documents, was an agreement between the archdiocese and the plaintiffs without their consent. \u003cbr/\u003eOne man who claims he was a sexual abuse victim of Carl Sutphin said he thought the Church was trying to 'save face' with congregations by refusing to reveal the whereabouts of the accused priests. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I just think something needs to be done,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eMany of the priests named in sex abuse lawsuits have been defrocked, removed from ministry or placed on leave by the church since being accused. \u003cbr/\u003eMost appear to have rebuilt their lives outside the church and live quietly and anonymously, unnoticed in their new neighbourhoods, which span 37 California cities from Berkeley to Oxnard to Oceanside.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Gardena, for example, a former priest, Gerard Fessard, who pleaded no contest in 1987 to misdemeanours of soliciting lewd acts and battery now manages a mobile home park wedged in a gritty industrial stretch 15 miles south of Los Angeles.\u003cbr/\u003eFessard saw his conviction expunged after he completed three years' probation, according to news reports. \u003cbr/\u003eHe was accused by eight people overall, according to the archdiocese. He is not listed on the state's Megan's Law website.\u003cbr/\u003eFessard, 64, declined to comment to the AP when contacted outside his home Sunday.\u003cbr/\u003eHis neighbour, Celia Fuhr, said Fessard collects rent from residents and maintains the trailer park, but largely keeps to himself and dotes on his cats.\u003cbr/\u003eLess than an hour's drive away, in the working-class city of Rowland Heights, retired priest Stephen Hernandez lives in a large two-story house across the street from a family with a 6-year-old child and within two miles of three playgrounds and four elementary schools.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 77-year-old Hernandez was arrested seven years ago and charged with molesting a 14-year-old boy while serving as a counsellor at a Los Angeles area juvenile hall. \u003cbr/\u003eThe clergyman had faced up to 10 years in prison if convicted of all charges, but eventually pleaded no contest to a misdemeanour and was sentenced to probation.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is not listed on the state's Megan's Law website. 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