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	Sunnyvale Police Arrest Priest on Suspicion of Rape CBS 5 [Sunnyvale CA] March 31, 2006 http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2006/03/31/ n/HeadlineNews/PRIEST-ARREST/resources_bcn_html Police arrested a priest Thursday on suspicion of raping a 29-year-old Oregon woman in a Sunnyvale motel room. Police booked the Rev. Randy Benas in Santa Clara County jail after questioning the priest Thursday. According to the Sunnyvale Police Department, the 29-year-old woman from Grants Pass, Oregon had been corresponding with the priest for over a year. The two met in a Sunnyvale motel room on the morning of Tuesday, March 28, according to a police report. Police contacted the woman after she was treated at Valley Medical Center in San Jose for sexual assault. Investigators later contacted the priest and made the arrest, police reported. Benas is a priest at the Sacred Heart Parish in Saratoga.
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