Pastor Found Guilty of Molesting Two Grandchildren

WGRZ
January 26, 2015

http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/26/jurors-continue-deliberations-in-pastors-sex-abuse-trial/22346055/

Jurors in Orleans County have found a pastor guilty of molesting two of his own grandchildren.

Rev. Roy Harriger

Roy Harriger, 71, most recently the pastor of a Niagara county church, is accused of molesting three of his grandchildren when they were little kids. This happened more than 12 years ago when he was a pastor of a church in Lyndonville in Orleans County.

All three of those grandchildren testified at the trial.

Jurors had asked to have read back to them the testimony of three witnesses that include one of those grandkids, as well as Harriger's daughter Joy who is the only one of Harriger's five grown children to still stand by him while the other four are among the ranks of his accusers.

A problem occurred on Monday morning when jurors asked for some testimony to be read back. It was discovered that the laptop belonging to the court reporter was damaged over the weekend when a pipe in the courthouse burst. Officials consulted an IT professional and the testimony was recovered and printed out.