கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார் பிரான்ஸிஸ் ஜி டிலுக்கா சிறுவர் வல்லுறவு குற்றம் புரிந்ததை ஒப்புக்கொண்டார். சிரக்யூஸ் நகர கோர்ட்டில் இந்த குற்றத்தை ஒப்புக்கொண்ட அவர் ஒரு சிறுவனை 4 வருடங்கள் பலாத்காரம் செய்ததாக ஒப்புக்கொண்டார்.
Retired priest pleads guilty in sex abuse case
Posted by Jim O'Hara June 28, 2007 2:59PM
Categories: Breaking News, City News, Crime & Safety
Retired Catholic priest Francis G. DeLuca pleaded guilty in Syracuse City Court this afternoon to charges he sexually molested a teenage boy over a period of four years.
Although the District Attorney's Office was seeking a sentence of probation and six months in jail, Judge Kate Rosenthal promised the 77-year-old DeLuca a sentence of straight probation with no jail time. Sentencing is set for Aug. 27.
DeLuca pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual abuse and two counts each of third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child for incidents that occurred in 2002, 2004 and 2005 when the same victim was 13, 15 and 16.
DeLuca served as a priest in the Wilmington Diocese in Delaware for 35 years before he was dismissed from public ministry in 1993 after being accused of sexually abusing a minor in the 1960s.
Jim O'Hara will have a complete report in The Post-Standard Friday.
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