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	Death of Indicted Blanco County Monk Ruled Suicide CBS 42 November 30, 2007 http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=a6ecd10f-b0fe-44e7-8860-b4771421d209 The death of a monk who faced trial for organized crime and child sex abuse charges has been ruled a suicide. Blanco County Justice of the Peace Terry Carter ruled the death of Samuel A. Greene Jr. a suicide, based on an autopsy that found large amounts of alcohol, painkillers and other prescription drugs in his system. Greene was found dead Sept. 16 in his trailer on the grounds of the Christ of the Hills Monastery, which he founded outside of Blanco. He and several other monks had been accused of sexually abusing novice monks. One monk has been convicted and sentenced to 80 years for sexual abuse; three others await trial. The monastery was allied with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia from 1991 to 1999, but the church broke ties with it when indecency allegations against Greene surfaced. Prior to the scandal, the monastery's Virgin Mary icon was said to cry tears of myrrh and drew thousands of visitors to the area. Before his death, Greene admitted the weeping icon was a fake.
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