John C. Manly is an American attorney who specializes in civil lawsuits and legislation for victims of childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment and electronic harassment. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1986 and Pepperdine University School of Law in 1990. One of his most notorious cases was against the Catholic Church, which repeatedly relocated Father Oliver O'Grady to various parishes around the country to cover up the priest's long history of sexual abuse of children. This case was featured in the 2005 documentary [title=tt0814075].