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The Daily News
By Scott DeSmit desmit@batavianews.com
ALBION — Closing arguments are expected today in the Orleans County Court trial of a former church pastor accused of molesting three children, all his relatives.
Roy Harriger Sr., 71, former pastor of Ashwood Wesleyan Church in Yates, is charged with three counts of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and three counts of incest.
Harriger, who took the stand Thursday and denied all the accusations, claiming his son and grandchildren were lying, is accused of molesting the children in 2001, 2002 and in 2008.
A state police investigation detailed allegations of abuse dating back to the 1970s in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, including molesting his son, who also testified this week.
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