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	Jury Deliberations in NY Man's Abuse Trial Delayed Wall Street Journal February 10, 2011 http://online.wsj.com/article/AP3d5e1c0524e44375a867bb41051461bd.html Jury deliberations in the trial of a New York man accused of abusing two boys in Massachusetts while serving as a Roman Catholic priest have been delayed after a juror was dismissed for sending a Twitter message. The juror in Gary Mercure's trial was dismissed by the Berkshire Superior Court judge Wednesday for sending a tweet that said "I am in contempt of court, de facto if not de jure." Juror Seth Rogovoy tells The Berkshire Eagle his tweet had nothing to do with the trial. The judge ruled Rogovoy violated an order barring discussion of the case. Prosecutors allege Mercure raped the boys in the Berkshires in the 1980s while a priest in the Diocese of Albany, N.Y. Mercure's lawyers say the alleged victims were coached into making abuse claims.
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