NEW YORK
WGRZ
[with video]
Dave McKinley, WGRZ
ALBION, NY – Disturbing and emotional testimony marked the Orleans County Court trial of a minister accused of sexually abusing young children.
Orleans County District Attorney Joseph Cardone began his opening statement by telling jurors they would hear a case about “despair dysfunction and destruction”.
He was speaking about the accounts of the three alleged victims for which the Rev. Roy Harriger, 71, now stands trial.
All three of Harriger’s accusers are his grandchildren.
Two of them, now young adults, struggled to maintain their composure while on the stand at the mere mention of his name.
They tearfully testified that the abuse occurred when they were between the ages of 5 and 8, when their grandfather babysat them in the parsonage of a Lyndonville church where he once served as pastor.
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