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	77 Year Old Won't Serve Jail Time for Molestation Charges 570 News January 6, 2007 http://www.570news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20070106_091307_5656 A 77 year old man has been put on probation for 2 years for molesting a young girl while he was spreading religious word. Claude Martin was a well respected Jehovah's Witness who was going door to door and inappropriately touched a 10 year old girl at a kitchener home in 2000 or 2001. He was acquitted after a five-day trial of a second count involving a girl who was about the same age during an alleged incident in the late 1980s. It wasn't included as evidence, but the court was also told about a statement Martin made to police in 2003. He claimed to have had a problem with sexual fantasied involving young girls. He gave the statement while police were investigating an allegation that Martin exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers. He was not charged in that incident. The probation term includes an order to get counselling. He's also been placed on a sex offender registry. Martin cannot work with children and is banned from parks, pools and anywhere that's frequently visited by kids.
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