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	Vatican Dismisses Local Priest NY1 December 18, 2010 http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/130852/vatican-dismisses-local-priest [with video] A New York priest has been dismissed by the Vatican after a church court found him guilty of sexually abusing a minor in the 1970s. The New York Archdiocese first learned of the allegations against Monsignor Charles Kavanagh in 2002, when the accuser wrote a letter in to Edward Cardinal Egan, the then-archbishop. Kavanagh was removed from his priestly duties pending an investigation and trial. After learning of the verdict, Archbishop Timothy Dolan issued a statement, apologizing to the victim. Kavanagh's sister, who also served as his attorney, said the church court did not grant him a fair trial.
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