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	Molester Says He Hid Ties to Victim from Church Brass WTNH April 25, 2007 http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=6428044&nav=3YeX (Mineola, N.Y.) — A former Long Island youth minister testified today that he never told parish leaders about the close friendship he developed with the family of a teenager he was sexually seducing. Matthew Maiello of Stamford, Connecticut, also testified that he seduced and raped his victims, despite an order from the pastor of St. Raphael's Roman Catholic Church in East Meadow, New York, to limit his physical contact with youths to a handshake. Two former teenagers, a man and a woman, both 23, who were sexually abused by Maiello are suing him, St. Raphael's, its pastor, the Reverend Thomas Haggerty, and the Diocese of Rockville Centre for $150 million. Their lawsuit claims church leaders failed to uncover or prevent the youth minister's sexual attacks on teenagers in his care. Maiello pleaded guilty to sodomy and rape charges in 2003 and served more than two years in prison.
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