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	W.va. Priest Suspended after Arrest on Sex Charge WRIC July 12, 2010 http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=12793047 WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston has suspended a priest following his arrest in northern Virginia on a charge of aggravated sexual battery of a minor under 13. Diocese spokesman Bryan Minor said Monday the church suspended the Rev. Felix C. Owino after confirming he had been arrested July 8 in Fairfax, Va., and was being held in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. A spokesman with the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office said Owino was being held without bond. A hearing is set for Sept. 2. The diocese spokesman said Owino was serving as an associate pastor at a church in Weirton. He also taught at Wheeling Jesuit University the past two years. Owino is a member of the Religious Missionary Institute of the Apostles of Jesus based in Northampton, Pa
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