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	Priest Sentenced to 1 Year for Fondling on Plane Newsday January 27, 2009 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--priest-fondling0127jan27,0,1596003.story NEWARK, N.J. - A Roman Catholic priest from Poland who admitted fondling a 16-year-old girl during a flight to the U.S. has been sentenced to a year in prison. A federal judge in Newark ordered Tomasz Zielinski to begin serving his sentence immediately. The incident occurred last July on a LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to Newark Liberty International Airport. Prosecutors say Zielinski was seated next to the girl and began touching her inner thigh and groin area through her clothing. The girl asked to be moved to a different seat, and Zielinski later apologized to her. He pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of abusive sexual contact. The priest was associated with a church in Manville.
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