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	State Prison Chaplain Charged with Lewdness Albany Times Union June 11, 2008 http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=695350&category=&BCCode=&newsdate=6/11/2008 BOLTON - Two men, including a former Ravena minister who is now a prison chaplain, face criminal charges after they were allegedly caught in a sex act Saturday at a Northway rest stop near Exit 24. State Police said Joseph A. Loux Jr., 62, of Hannacroix in Greene County, and Eugene F. Barnaby, 34, of Thurman in Warren County, admitted to investigators that they engaged in oral sex along a path behind the rest stop, about 15 feet from an outdoor picnic area. Loux, a chaplain assigned to the Washington County prison, was suspended without pay Tuesday, said Linda Foglia, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Correctional Services. Loux had been employed by the state since September, 2005, and earned $59,125. Foglia said corrections officials will file a notice of discipline requesting Loux's dismissal. Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan said Loux was previously the pastor of the Congregationalist Christian Church of Ravena. Barnaby told police that he had visited the rest area weekly for about a year to watch men engage in oral sex. "It happens there quite a bit," troopers said Barnaby told them. "I promise I will never go back there again." Both Loux and Barnaby were charged with public lewdness and released on their own recognizance. Sophie Jensen, an assistant district attorney in Warren County who is prosecuting the case, said their scheduled court appearance Wednesday was postponed.
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