Details on 11 Priests Missing in '04 Report

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Omitted accounts

In the following cases, the People of God report included little more than the priests' names in a list of those accused. The summaries show that the archdiocese allowed the men to continue as priests despite complaints of sexual misconduct made to the cardinal or his aides.

Kevin Barmasse: In 1983, after parents complained that Barmasse had sexually abused their son, Barmasse was sent to the Diocese of Tucson on condition that he get treatment there. He remained a Los Angeles priest while an associate pastor at three Arizona parishes. In 1991, a report came in that Barmasse had allegedly "made sexual advances toward five male high school students" in the mid-1980s. In 1992, Los Angeles church officials removed him from ministry in any diocese.

Leland Boyer: A man reported to a church official in 1981 that Boyer had kissed him. In 1995, a second man said Boyer had sexually abused him a decade earlier when the accuser was about 13. Archdiocese officials restricted Boyer's ministry but allowed him to remain pastor emeritus at his parish, which had a school, until his death in 2004.

Michael Buckley: The subject of three earlier complaints of sexual misconduct with minors -- including an allegation that he exposed himself to two brothers in 1959 -- Buckley was the target of three more complaints after 1991. His priestly faculties were revoked in 1994.

Peter E. Garcia: In 1984, Garcia resigned as pastor of an L.A. parish and was placed on sick leave after a woman said that he "engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct" with her three nephews. Garcia was allowed to serve in two New Mexico parishes, with unspecified restrictions, while undergoing treatment at a center for predator priests. In 1987, the Los Angeles archdiocese told him "not to engage in any ministry."

Roderic M. Guerrini: Police in 1992 began investigating a report that Guerrini in the late 1970s had inappropriately touched and kissed a teenage girl working in the rectory of his Oxnard church. Her two sisters made similar complaints. Guerrini was referred to a therapist while continuing as pastor of a church in Venice. He denied the allegations and was never charged. He retired in 2002.

Michael Stephen Nocita: Nocita was a high school principal in 1988 when police began investigating a therapist's report that a 23-year-old woman had disclosed that, as a teenager, she had had an "intimate" relationship with the priest. The next year, Nocita became associate pastor at a Los Angeles church. In 1991, he was placed on inactive leave. He was removed from ministry in 2000.

Joseph Pina: In 1990, Pina admitted a "past sexual interest in a minor." The girl's brother later reported that his sister was 16 when the alleged abuse began. In 1998, Pina was promoted to pastor at a Lynwood church. That same year, three women reported "boundary violations." Pina was placed on "sick leave" and never returned to ministry.

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Graphics reporting by William Lobdell and Jean Guccione