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By Scott DeSmit sdesmit@batavianews.com
ALBION — A jury failed to reach a verdict Friday and will resume deliberating Monday in the Orleans County Court trial of a former pastor accused of molesting three of his grandchildren.
Jurors received the case after lunch and deliberated until late afternoon before Judge James Punch sent them home.
Deliberations came after closing arguments from defense attorney Larry Koss and District Attorney Joseph Cardone.
Koss asked jurors to use “common sense” regarding the evidence against Roy Harriger Sr., 71, former pastor of Ashwood Wesleyan Church.
Koss detailed the allegations against Harriger and, specifically, the testimony of Harriger’s son, George Harriger.
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