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COPYRIGHT 2003 Las Vegas Review-Journal
BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL
A priest who inflicted sexual punishments on teenage members of a Henderson Catholic church avoided a prison term Friday.
Instead, District Judge Donald Mosley sentenced Mark Roberts to three years' probation for incidents in which he beat and whipped teenage boys who came to him for spiritual guidance.
Roberts, 52, will remain on house arrest in Las Vegas until he leaves for a treatment facility in Missouri.
Prosecutors did not oppose the probationary sentence, which was recommended by the state Department of Parole and Probation.
Roberts, who has been out on bail since his arrest last spring, read a prepared apology to the court on Friday.
"In a sick way, I convinced myself I was helping these young men," he read.
Roberts has been in treatment since February 2002, and he said...
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