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	Former Priest Pleads Guilty to Child Sexual Priest WMDT [Delaware] June 29, 2007 http://www.wmdt.com/wires/displaystory.asp?id=63156043 A retired Delaware priest pleaded guilty in a New York court yesterday to sexually abusing a Syracuse teen over several years. Reverend Francis DeLuca pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual abuse and two counts each of third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. DeLuca was a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington for 35 years. He was dismissed from public ministry in 1993 after being accused of sexually abusing a minor in the 1960s while he was a priest in Delaware. Prosecutors recommended "shock probation" of 45 days in the county jail, but Syracuse City Court Judge Kate Rosenthal told 77-year-old DeLuca he probably would get no worse than probation. Sentencing was set for August 27th.
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