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	New Molestation Charge against Priest By Dan Rozek Chicago Sun Times April 22, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2187668,CST-NWS-priest22.article A Catholic priest already accused of sexually molesting a St. Charles boy faces new charges that he attempted to abuse a second youth -- the boy's older brother. The new charges filed against the Rev. Alejandro Flores were contained in a grand jury indictment released Wednesday by Kane County prosecutors. In January, Flores was charged with sexually abusing the west suburban boy beginning in 2005 -- when the youngster was 8 years old. That alleged abuse continued for about five years, prosecutors said. The new indictment charges that Flores, now 37, attempted to sexually abuse the boy's older brother during that same time period. The older boy was at least 13 years old when that attempted abuse occurred, authorities said. Flores was serving at Holy Family Catholic Church in Shorewood before he was charged. He was arrested shortly after his release from a hospital for injuries he suffered Jan. 6 when he jumped from a Joliet church balcony in what authorities said appeared to be a suicide attempt. Flores, who faces a minimum 25-year prison term if convicted of all the charges filed against him, remains jailed on $1 million bail.
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