CINCINNATI (OH)
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POSTED: 10:18 am EST October 31, 2005
UPDATED: 11:07 am EST November 1, 2005
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CINCINNATI -- A suspended Tri-state priest accused of raping an altar boy during the 1990s was acquitted Monday, News 5 reported.
The 21-year-old man who accused Raymond Larger of molesting him is currently serving a sentence for breaking and entering. He testified all morning and most of the afternoon, but Judge Robert Ruehlman found that he contradicted himself several times in his account.
"There is so much doubt here, and before you can convict somebody, you've got to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt," Ruehlman said. "The testimony I've heard from this prosecuting witness does not come even close to that."
Posted by kshaw at November 1, 2005 11:28 AM