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	Former Catholic Priest Sentenced for Molesting Boy Associated Press, carried in WCAX September 10, 2007 http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7053195&nav=menu183_2 Syracuse, N.Y. — A 77-year-old former Catholic priest was sentenced today in Syracuse to 60 days in jail for repeatedly molesting a teenage boy. City Judge Kate Rosenthal also ordered Francis DeLuca to serve six years of probation in addition to the jail time and declared him a Level 1 sex offender under New York's registry act. DeLuca at first faced only probation, but Rosenthal backed out of that deal, saying DeLuca didn't appear to understand the consequences of his conduct. DeLuca offered an apology in court to his family and friends before he was taken into custody and sent to Onondaga County Correctional Facility to begin his jail time. DeLuca, who pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual abuse, two counts of third-degree sexual abuse, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, could have faced up to two years in prison. DeLuca returned to his hometown of Syracuse in the early 1990s after he was dismissed from public ministry in Delaware, where he was accused of sexually abusing a minor 30 years earlier.
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