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	Upstate NY Priest Acquitted of Sex Charges Newsday February 18, 2009 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--priest-sexabuse0218feb18,0,3127498.story FONDA, N.Y. - A Catholic priest accused of molesting three boys was acquitted on two felony sex charges but convicted of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. A Montgomery County Court jury returned its verdict Wednesday afternoon against John W. Broderick, who faces up to one year in jail when sentenced and could receive probation. Broderick, of Broome County, was accused of molesting three boys under 11 years old while he was their mother's spiritual adviser from December 2006 to May 2007. Defense attorney Mark Blum argued the children's father led them to believe they had been sexually abused because he was jealous of the relationship between Broderick and his wife.
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