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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014, BY AYANA HARRY
HAMPTONS BAY, Long Island (PIX11)– A Long Island priest is accused of molesting a 6-year-old girl, resulting in her contracting an STD.
Rev. Augusto Cortez, 50, a Catholic priest of the Vincentian congregation, is wanted by police for sexually assaulting a little girl from Long Island, according to police.
Her family, who will not be named in order to avoid identifying the young victim, is deeply distraught after their child’s alleged molester is someone they trusted and turned to for religious guidance.
“It’s the deepest pain that any mother can ever feel,” the victim’s mother said.
Cortez spent numerous holidays and outings with the family.
The mom says Cortez was an invited guest at a recent house party, but at one point she walked in to find her daughter and him alone. That’s how she discovered the alleged abuse.
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