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The Daily News
ALBION — Former pastor Roy Harriger was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting two of his grandchildren in 2001 and 2002.
A jury found Harriger guilty Jan. 26 of two counts of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child. The jury found him not guilty of a third count against another grandchild.
Orleans County Judge James Punch imposed Monday’s sentence. Harriger, 71, had faced up to 25 years in prison.
All three victims testified that Harriger sexually assaulted them. Two of the victims, a brother and a sister, are now adults and testified that Harriger abused them in 2001 and 2002.
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