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	Fugitive Ex-Priest Perv Bust By Laura Italiano laura.italiano@nypost.com New York Post April 12, 2006 http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/66878.htm April 12, 2006 -- A defrocked Episcopal priest with a sick appetite for boys has been captured in Canada and brought back to face sodomy charges for allegedly seducing an emotionally troubled 16-year-old in Central Park last year, authorities said. Bruce Jacques, 57 - whom investigators call a brilliant manipulator - had been living on the lam in Canada and Malaysia since Oct. 20, the day of the alleged attack. The victim - described as psychologically immature and highly suggestible - was a student at the Robert Louis Stevenson HS on West 74th Street. For two years, Jacques worked as the fund-raising administrator at the school for kids suffering emotional, psychological or learning difficulties - reportedly hired by hiding a sordid history as rector at St. John's Episcopal Church in New Milford, Conn. In 1995, a 13-year-old boy at the church accused the then-priest of offering to give him oral sex as a Confirmation present. Resulting lawsuits were settled out of court, and Jacques' collar was yanked in 1998. Jacques' more recent troubles began last fall, when he allegedly seduced the 16-year-old victim in a school bathroom - then invited the boy to Central Park later in the day for more of the same. The boy, afraid his accusations wouldn't be believed, asked a teacher to follow them, Assistant District Attorney Kerry O'Connell told a judge at an arraignment yesterday. But the teacher missed the pair leaving the school. Jacques brought the boy to the Rambles and performed oral sex on him, the criminal complaint alleges. When school officials confronted Jacques he reportedly admitted, "I have a problem," and promptly bolted for Canada. Investigators, who tracked Jacques to Malaysia, nabbed him trying to cross the U.S. border from British Columbia to renew his visa. Given his history of running off, Jacques was ordered held without bail. His court-appointed lawyer, Reginald Haley, said only, "He denies the allegations."
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