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	Catholic Priest, Convicted of Molestation, to Be Let out of Prison By Sarah Pierik KBSD [Missouri] April 3, 2006 http://www.kbsd6.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=KBSD/MGArticle/ BSD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835134315&path= Convicted molester and Catholic priest Robert Larson is being released from prison. Less than two weeks ago, the attorney general's office petitioned for Larson to be committed as a sex predator. That would have sent Larson to a state mental hospital indefinitely. Now, in accordance with the plea agreement made five years ago, the attorney general has dropped the petition. That means the 76 year old will now live the rest of his life in a secure, therapeutic facility for priests with personal problems. Larson will be housed near Saint Louis. In Missouri, he will be registered as a sex offender with the highway patrol. Larson admitted to molesting four altar boys from 1984 to 1986, at his Newton church. He was convicted in 2001, and sentenced to five years in prison. Janet and Horace Patterson, parents of one of the molested boys who later committed suicide, say they're relieved by the state's decision. They just wanted him confined somewhere, where he was kept out of contact with minors. Larson's lawyer, Dan Monnat says Larson has served his time and is living up to his end of the plea agreement. He's glad the state of Kansas is as well. The Pattersons still want the Catholic church to defrock Larson. The couple says men who say they were once abused by the priest continue to call them with their stories.
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