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Pedophile priest in San Francisco denied bail before extradition to Ireland

Serial abuser seeks clemency due to ill health

CATHY HAYES,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 4:19 AM

Updated Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 4:34 AM

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St Bernard's Church, Eureka: McCabe's former parish in California

Patrick Joseph McCabe, a former Catholic priest and pedophile has been denied bail by a San Francisco federal judge. McCabe is awaiting extradition to Ireland on six counts of abuse while there are also mounting legal actions being taken over his abuse of schoolboys in his former Santa Rosa parish.

McCabe, now aged 74, was arrested in California this year. He has been accused of abusing six boys in Ireland from 1973 to 1981. Now other American men have come forward claiming they were also abused by McCabe when he worked in their California parish.

According California’s Court House News Service McCabe has made six requests for bail. The court has said that he is “flatly mistaken in his interpretation of the law”. However, McCabe argues that he deserves bail due to his bad health and because if he were in Ireland he would be given bail. He also claimed that the charges against him have been delayed.

U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag responded to his latest request by writing that he was not entitled to it because he is a predator and a flight risk with no ties to the community.

Haag wrote “McCabe abused his position of trust and authority to serially sexually molest young boys to fulfill his own admitted fetish…The fact that the majority of these children apparently delayed coming forward to authorities to report their victimization should be fully expected; it should not, perversely, then be used by their molester as a basis for freedom.”

McCabe’s extradition hearing is scheduled for February 4, 2011.

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STUMPTOWN | Dec 25, 2010, 02:29 PM EST

Amercan courts do not play games.

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curranart | Dec 23, 2010, 10:29 AM EST

Why shold evil monsters like this get a big sorry for supposedly being in bad helth, hes had a good innings and should have the remainder kicked out of him. How about the health of those he abused, poor souls, they will never get well.These predators should be hung.Living with the type of abuse that they dish out isnt easy.

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manhattan | Dec 22, 2010, 04:14 PM EST

Let him rot in jail in America where he committed his crimes. If he goes to Ireland all you have to do is read what the judges there call justice for these animals. Very little jail time or complete freedom. Can not understand Ireland when it comes to punishment.

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pacifist | Dec 22, 2010, 02:30 PM EST

And there's more, much more, to be exposed in Ireland. Who will be surprised that there were more cover-ups and more criminal priests protected by their superiors?

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norinalundy | Dec 22, 2010, 01:35 PM EST

No kidding, butlerreport, then let's send him to Bensonhurst and let some of my friends take care of him!

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butlerreport | Dec 22, 2010, 10:11 AM EST

It would be better if he was kept in the U.S. and tried here. In Ireland he'll get a slap on the wrist and perhaps a good telling of but little else.

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