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DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 1, 1993                   TAG: 9312010111
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: GOLETA, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

PANEL: PRIESTS ABUSED 34 BOYS AT SEMINARY

At least 34 teen-age boys were sexually abused by a dozen Roman Catholic priests during decades of nude games, fondling and sex acts at a now-closed seminary, a panel organized by the Franciscan order concluded Monday.

"The abuse perpetrated by our own brothers on the victims and their families is truly horrific," said Joseph P. Chinnici, provincial minister of the Oakland-based Province of St. Barbara and leader of Franciscans in seven Western states.

"We totally abhor what has occurred," Chinnici said.

An independent panel was set up in January by the St. Barbara Province of the Franciscan Order to examine molestations from 1964 to 1987 at St. Anthony's Seminary, which operated a boarding school for aspiring priests in Santa Barbara County. - Associated Press 


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