NEW YORK
TWC News
By Breanna Fuss
Monday, April 6, 2015
ALBION, N.Y. — A former pastor in Orleans County was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing children.
Roy Harriger, 72, was found guilty in January of sexual conduct against a child. In court, Harriger steadfastly denied everything.
The investigation into Harriger began a year and a half ago; however, it’s alleged he sexually abused at least 15 children over the course of 40 years.
Harriger was a pastor at Ash Wood Wesleyan Church in Lyndonville and at Community Fellowship Church in the Niagara County town of Hartland. The incidents he was convicted of occurred between 2000 and 2001.
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