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	Priest Convicted of Child Molestation Arrested By Mike Branom East Valley Tribune November 17, 2008 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/130660 SAN FRANCISCO -- A former Catholic priest and convicted child molester living in San Francisco is in jail after allegedly being on the run for more than two years. Federal authorities said 63-year-old Wilputte Sherwood, a priest in Phoenix before his conviction on child sex charges, was arrested Sunday as he was leaving a San Francisco church. Authorities said he was on the lam after failing to report for probation in 2005 following his release from an Arizona prison, where he served a 10-year sentence. Sherwood acknowledged having sex with more than 1,800 people, including 22 minors, when he was convicted in 1993, prosecutors said. They said many of his sexual partners were hitchhikers or runaways. Sherwood faces extradition proceedings for his return to Arizona.
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