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  Priest Accused of Sexual Assault Found Not Guilty

By Stephanie Sanchez
El Paso Times
May 15, 2008

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_9271246

A visiting Catholic priest from Uganda was found not guilty on Wednesday on several charges of sexual assault against an 18-year-old woman he met while working with an East El Paso church during the summer.

After almost 10 hours of deliberation, Philip Taban, 39, was found not guilty by a jury on Wednesday of three counts of sexual assault.

Officials have said Taban started serving at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Catholic Church, 12200 Vista Del Sol, in the summer of 2007. He met the woman who alleged the sexual assault at the church.

The incident happened in September 2007.

 
 

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