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    Gustavo Arellano: A pedophile priest. A $10 million payout. A monster who won't leave my life

    Most reporters have covered a story so disturbing that they never want to think about it again — yet the evil subject makes it impossible to ever forget. My cross to bear is Father Eleuterio Ramos. The Montebello native terrorized Catholic parishes in Orange and Los Angeles counties during the 1970s and 1980s, once admitting to detectives that he had molested "at least" 25 boys. Church ...
    by Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times Jan 29, 2024 5 minutes
    Lawyers John Manly, left, and Morgan Stewart, have represented sex-abuse survivors for over 20 years, at their law offices in Irvine, California on Tuesday Dec. 29, 2023.

    Most reporters have covered a story so disturbing that they never want to think about it again — yet the evil subject makes it impossible to ever forget.

    My cross to bear is Father Eleuterio Ramos.

    The Montebello native terrorized Catholic parishes in Orange and Los Angeles counties during the 1970s and 1980s, once admitting to detectives that he had molested "at least" 25 boys. Church officials knew about Ramos' depravity almost from the beginning of his career, yet never turned him over to law enforcement or even removed him from the ministry. Instead, they moved him from parish to parish until the Diocese of Orange asked the Diocese of Tijuana in 1985 to accept him — after he confessed to having "slipped," according to a church memo.

    The Orange diocese settled five sex abuse lawsuits against Ramos during the 1990s. Eleven lawsuits were still pending when

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