A jury today convicted Hong Thai Luong, the former choir teacher at St.
Callistus School in Garden Grove, of molesting four girls, ages 8 through 10.
Only one girl attended the Catholic school, while the other three were enrolled at the now-closed Paramount Learning
Center, which was also in Garden Grove, where the 56-year-old worked as a tutor.
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Luong French-kissed one of the pre-teen girls, and he put his hands down the pants of the Paramount enrollees.
The five-man, seven-woman jury found Luong guilty of four counts of lewd acts on children, and he faces up to 14 years in state prison at his scheduled April 27 sentencing.
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