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	Man Sues Archdiocese, Claims Sex Harassment Seattle Post-Intelligencer January 21, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/256592_suit21.html A former seminary student has charged that a Seattle Archdiocese priest working at St. Mary's Parish sexually harassed him for a year. In addition, a lawsuit filed Friday in Snohomish County says, two weeks after Jesus Alcazar, 28, and a witness alerted archdiocese officials to the ongoing and unwanted sexual overtures, both men were told to leave the country. Alcazar, who is Mexican, says that the Rev. Horatio Yanez used church e-mail to send him pornographic materials and links to gay-oriented Web sites depicting priests engaged in oral sex. He also sexually assaulted Alcazar and presented him with a thong at Christmas, the suit says. Greg Magnoni, a spokesman for the Seattle Archdiocese, did not return calls requesting comment, but issued a statement saying that Yanez, a pastor in Marysville since 1998, has denied the accusations. Magnoni's statement also said that the archdiocese, after conducting an investigation, offered to resolve the matter through mediation.
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