Deliver Us from Evil Page #6

His whole thing,

he would get into the family

more than just

with the children, you know,

so my mom had been involved with him,

and I think that was the...

that was the killer one there, you know?

And early on I...

I realized early on

that there was something wrong,

but my upbringing told me,

nah, that can't happen.

I talk with a lot of, like,

female survivors,

and they talk about,

like, little games

to sort of... segue toward it,

but with... it wasn't like that with me.

He just started in.

He started right in:

Grabbing me, touching me,

making me touch him...

telling me that... why would

my folks have brought me here

if they didn't think it was okay?

Why would they

even have thought that?

Those are the things that he said.

I failed them once, and it was huge,

and I'll never do it again.

That will never happen again.

I will not ever...

I will never fail them again.

I was trimming those bushes,

right there,

those little bushes,

the first time it happened.

I went into the house to eat lunch,

and then he just came in

and closed the door,

and he just held me down,

held my head down,

and he f***ing sodomized me

right in there.

Right there.

That's not easy to say, you know.

F***, for years I never even spoke of it,

and every time I'd get close to a girl,

or every time I'd...

feel like something

was done wrong to me,

I'd go right there.

It would just go in

the bin with it, you know?

That's the kind of...

That's what this sh*t does.

It doesn't just hurt you.

In July of 1993, we had a family

that contacted the Calaveras County

Sheriff's Department

to report that a priest

in San Andreas in Calaveras County

was molesting members of the family,

specifically two young boys

in the family.

So the next day he called me,

and he said he was having a problem

and he was away from the parish.

And I knew, just talking to him,

that there was something wrong.

Then we told him

we would help him.

I said, "If you didn't do

any of these things to children,

"you have no problem.

There's no way anybody

can accuse you of... "

Even the word molestation

never even entered my mind.

It was just touching.

I said, "If you didn't touch these kids

"in an inappropriate way

or touched them sexually,

"you don't have anything

to worry about.

You don't have a record. "

Then he said,

Well, I had a problem nine years ago. "

When we started our investigation,

we found out that this had not

been the first incident

that he had been involved in.

Going back as far as the mid-'70s

he had been involved

with molesting children.

It appeared that...

to us that there was a lot

of knowledge about that

outside of our community

but none of that information

had reached us.

At that point

we were supporting him.

Yeah.

Then he was concerned

about his family and stuff.

So I talked to his family in Ireland,

and told them

that we would support him

and make sure he got represented

and everything like that.

At that point we obtained

arrest warrants for Oliver O'Grady

for multiple counts of lewd

and lascivious acts with minors.

We served search warrants

at the parish here in San Andreas,

the rectory here in San Andreas,

the diocese in Stockton,

and in law offices...

Not law offices,

but the offices of Cardinal Mahony

in Los Angeles.

Then when he asked for the bail money,

Bob went and got it.

I went to work Monday morning...

And I did.

And everybody at work

knew who he was.

They knew he was my friend.

The newspapers had...

It was kind of quiet.

I remember saying,

"What's the matter with you guys?

How come you're all acting

this way this morning?"

They said,

"Did you read the paper?"

I said, "No, I haven't had time

to read the paper yet.

Yeah.

It was exploded all over the front page

of the newspaper.

I said, "There's no way Ollie

would touch our kids. "

We didn't suspect.

We didn't see anything.

Just no way.

Then I called Bob at work

and told him what I saw

in the paper and everything.

I said... And he said

the same thing to me.

He said, "No way.

There's no way

he would touch our kids. "

Then it was almost like

the fear of God got in me.

I told... He said,

"Well, we have to ask them. "

But then we went...

I called her and I said,

"Ann, did you see the paper?

Did you read about

Father Ollie in the paper?"

She said she didn't

watch the news or something.

I said, "There's all these

allegations against him. "

The boys from...

It was the Howard kids at that time.

And...

I was... When I said it to her

I was expecting a response

like "Who's doing this?"

And it was nothing.

It was just absolute silence.

Then I said to her... I said,

"Ann, I have to ask you. "

I said, "Did he ever touch you

when you were a little girl?"

And she... "I got to go, Mom.

I got to take care of the dog. "

I just knew right then.

I just felt it.

She still wouldn't answer.

I said, "Bob, you have to call her. "

I knew she wouldn't lie to Bob.

So I asked her.

She called him.

You called her.

I asked her if he had molested you.

You said,

"Did he ever touch you?"

Yeah.

"Did he ever touch... "

And she said yes.

And the whole world collapsed.

I could hear him crying.

I could hear Ann crying

on the other side...

I gave her back the phone, and...

She came over,

and Case DeGroot came over.

At that point, it destroyed our lives.

From that day on it just...

Destroyed our family.

Everything.

Then it's like you have flashbacks.

Why didn't I see this?

Why didn't I see that?

Right.

It was like...

It was terrible.

I kind of handed Ann over to this bastard

on a silver platter, just about.

How did he do it?

He just destroyed...

How did we get fooled

by him so much?

I used to go to work

and he'd be here

saying his morning prayers.

Had the Bible in his hand,

and he's saying morning prayers.

I said, "Good morning, Ollie. "

Then he'd be in there

at nighttime molesting Ann.

And during the night

he's molesting my daughter.

Raping her!

Not molesting her!

Raping her!

At five years old!

God's sakes!

How could that happen?

But that's what he did.

It's futile to ask the question,

"How can this be?

Why does this happen?"

The system, the monarchical,

hierarchical governmental system

that the people in charge

of the Roman Catholic Church

from the Pope on down firmly believe

was willed by almighty God

is the reason why Roger Mahony

is believed to be

substantially more important and better

than the children who were ravished

by Oliver O'Grady.

My father won't walk me down the aisle

because he can't step in the church.

He's taken my wedding

away from me,

everything in the future.

I constantly am battling

to regain my life back.

Constantly.

I have never conceived a child.

I'm not married.

I'm 40 years old, almost.

I'm 39.

I'm approaching 40 and...

it's still not over.

When did it stop?

When she was 13?

- 12.

- 12, okay.

And I asked her,

"Why didn't you tell us earlier? Why?"

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