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	Staten Island Priest Charged with Sex Crime Authorities Say 85-Year-Old Compelled Act from Female Relative in Rectory He Was Visiting By Phil Helsel Staten Island Advance April 21, 2009 http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1240315214103100.xml&coll=1 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Franciscan priest serving at a Todt Hill friary was indicted yesterday in Texas on charges of forcing an adult female relative to service him sexually inside the rectory of the church where he was temporarily assigned last year. The Rev. Stephen Valenta, 85, a Franciscan priest for more than 57 years who currently resides at the St. Francis Center for Spirituality on Todt Hill, was indicted by a Milam County, Texas, grand jury in the assault that allegedly occurred May 21 at the Rockdale church to which he was on loan.
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