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Kirk Fernandes
A church administrator on Maui has been charged with sexual assault. Sixty-eight-year-old James Gonsalves is accused of molesting a boy at his parish over a three-year period.
James R. Gonsalves has been on administrative leave since the allegations surfaced last month.
Gonsalves made a court appearance today and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
As a deacon, he ran the 250-member Saint Ann church, but did not preside over mass because he's not a priest.
A diocese spokesman says the alleged victim's family contacted them last month.