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7/09 civil suit alleged abuse of 7 yr old girl & her 8 yr old brother by a John O’Donoghue at St. Catharine Parish in Spring Lake, from 1972 to 1974. Diocese said that Charles O’Donoghue was assigned there from 1969-1974 but there were no records of “John.” Diocese informed of abuse by Charles O’Donoghue by letter in 2002. Another letter received 7/10/09 re John. A member of an Irish religious order, Charles O’Donoghue returned to Ireland in 1975 and is believed to have died in 1986.