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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 21, 1993                   TAG: 9302210196
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MINNEAPOLIS                                LENGTH: Short

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FORMER PRIEST APPEALS MOLESTING CONVICTION

Former priest James Porter is appealing his conviction for fondling his children's teen-age baby sitter in 1987 and is asking to be freed from jail during the appeal process.

Porter also faces criminal charges accusing him of molesting dozens of boys and girls nearly 30 years ago in Massachusetts when he was a priest there. The Oakdale man, who left the priesthood in 1974, also faces civil lawsuits in Minnesota and New Mexico.

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