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	Church Abuse: Convicted Priest Accused of Abuse in 6th Lawsuit Daily Times June 28, 2008 http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080628/NEWS01/80628005/1002 WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A sixth person has filed a child sexual abuse lawsuit against the Reverend Francis DeLuca, a Catholic priest who has already been convicted of molestation. Sixty-year-old Michael Sowden claims he was abused by DeLuca in 1961 and 1962, when he was 12 and 13 years old. Sowden was an altar boy at St. John the Beloved when he claims DeLuca abused him on church-sponsored trips. The 78-year-old DeLuca was sentenced to 60 days in a New York jail last year for repeatedly molesting his 18-year-old grandnephew. DeLuca is one of 20 priests in the Diocese of Wilmington against whom the diocese has confirmed allegations of child sexual abuse. His victims allege that church officials, who have since apologized for DeLuca's abuse, knew he was a molester but did nothing to protect children from him.
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