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Hoa Nguyen and Jane Lerner, jlerner@lohud.com September 19, 2015

A former priest who won more than $1 million in the lottery 30 years ago is being held in Putnam County Jail, charged with a sex crime, records show.

Joseph Faraone, 68, was charged Friday with a second-degree criminal sexual act, a felony. Bail was set at $50,000 cash. State police and the Putnam County District Attorney’s office declined to release any details about the case, citing its sensitive nature.

According to the charges filed, officials are accusing Faraone of engaging in oral or anal sexual conduct with someone younger than 15 years old or with someone incapable of consent due to a mental disability or incapacity.

Faraone, who has since left the priesthood, was associate pastor at Church of St. Denis in Hopewell Junction between 2004 and 2006. Before that he spent 12 years…