PUBLIC SAFETY Abuse survivors protest Leisure World...

PUBLIC SAFETY

Abuse survivors protest Leisure World residents

A group of abuse survivors gathered outside of Leisure World in

Seal Beach on Thursday to let residents know that two of their

neighbors, including a former pastor at a Costa Mesa church, have

faced sexual-abuse charges.

Denis Lyons, 70, former pastor at St. John the Baptist Catholic

Church, and 63-year-old Michael Wempe, a former Catholic priest in

Los Angeles, live in the retirement community according to members of

the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. Though neither has

been convicted of a crime, members of the group wanted to notify

residents -- some who have grandchildren visit the complex -- to know

about the accusations.

* Police patrolling the Buck Gully area on Tuesday in a helicopter

spotted about 50 marijuana plants growing there.

Within hours, officers had pulled out the plants, bundled them in

a net and lifted them out of the steep, rugged terrain by helicopter.

Some of the plants were as tall as 7 or 8 feet and had been

harvested, police said. No one is in custody in connection with the

farm.