MEDIA ADVISORY – DENIS LYONS CHARGES

For Immediate Release

 


July 21, 2009

Susan Kang Schroeder
Public Affairs Counsel
Office: 714-347-8408
Cell: 714-292-2718

Farrah Emami
Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486

MEDIA ADVISORY
*Video of the arrest will be available

WHO: Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and a representative from the Costa Mesa Police Department.

WHAT: Will have a press conference announcing the arrest and filing of charges against a former Catholic priest, Denis Lyons, for molesting a young male parishioner over the course of three years more than a decade ago beginning when the child was 7 years old. The defendant had previously been charged with molesting three additional young boys, but the charges later had to be dismissed due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

WHEN: Today, Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: First floor law library, Orange County District Attorney’s Office, 401 Civic Center Drive W., Santa Ana, CA 92701

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