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	Ex-Youth Minister in Downers Grove Gets 4 Years for Sexual Abuse Chicago Tribune March 28, 2008 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-minister_bothmar28,1,6128503.story A former Downers Grove church youth minister was sentenced to 4 years in prison Thursday for sexually assaulting an underage female student. Edward E. Greene, 38, of Asheboro, N.C., pleaded guilty Thursday in DuPage County Circuit Court to criminal sexual assault while in a position of trust with the girl, who was 13 to 17 years old when she attended Marquette Manor Baptist Church and its school in Downers Grove. The abuse took place in 1997 and 1998, but no charges were filed until 2005 after the girl told a counselor about the incident. Greene faced up to 15 years in prison. Similar charges are still pending against John Puga, 36, of Aurora, a former youth basketball coach at the school charged with sexually assaulting an underage female church member. The allegations became public in 2005, but church officials first learned of the accusations in 2003. The church reported the allegation to authorities. The Downers Grove Police Department and the DuPage County state's attorney's office both investigated. A third man, Frank Stima, 64, a former church deacon who now lives in Washington state, pleaded guilty in 2006 to criminal sexual abuse of an underage female and was sentenced to 2 years' probation. The three men have not been with the church in recent years.
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