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	Judge Rules Charge against Elgin Minister Will Stand Chicago Tribune December 22, 2007 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bujak_22_bothdec22,1,5743186.story?ctrack=1&cset=true ELGIN - A judge refused Friday to dismiss one of the counts against an Elgin minister charged with spanking a 12-year-old girl whose mother did not believe her claims that she had been sexually abused. Rev. Daryl Bujak, pastor of the First Missionary Baptist Church, faces battery and other misdemeanor charges, including a charge he failed to report the sexual abuse allegations to authorities. Kane County Judge Susan Clancy Boles rejected a defense argument that Bujak enjoyed an exemption from the law that mandates teachers, medical professionals and clergy to report abuse. The exception, Boles said, was intended to protect those who confess to clergy -- not to relieve the clergy from reporting sex abuse allegations. "It's not to be used as a shield by a pastor," the judge said.
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