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

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

The family of a deceased man who said he was repeatedly sexually abused as a child by a Bay Area Roman Catholic priest is suing the Diocese of Oakland under the provisions of a new state law that allows such cases to move forward.

An East Bay priest who died in 2012 – six years after retiring as the longest serving priest within the Diocese of Oakland – is accused in a new lawsuit of raping a young boy on multiple occasions between 1972 and 1974.

New sexual abuse allegations within the Oakland Diocese are publicly coming to light for the first time after being included in a lawsuit against the Diocese that settled late last year for $3.5 million, without any admission of liability.

Two priests from the Oakland Diocese have been accused of sexually abusing a former seminarian. The man came forward with new allegations – some dating back to his childhood – after previously accusing another priest of raping him several years ago. Candice Nguyen reports.

A former seminarian who accused a Livermore priest of raping him in 2017 has settled a lawsuit against the Diocese of Oakland for $3.5 million.

A former seminarian who accused a Livermore priest of raping him in 2017 has settled a lawsuit against the Diocese of Oakland for $3.5 million.

Another big payout from the Catholic Church in a Bay Area sex abuse case. The Oakland Diocese has paid $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a former seminarian who says he was raped by a Livermore priest back in 2017.

A Bay Area priest accused of sexual battery failed to appear in court Monday and a judge issued a warrant for his arrest.

Church officials in the East Bay have placed a priest on leave and opened a new investigation into a sexual misconduct allegation.