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NY deacon gets 16 years for 'enticing' minors via Grindr

The Pillar
Mar 16, 2023
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NY deacon gets 16 years for 'enticing' minors via Grindr
Deacon Rogelio Vega. Credit: St. Sebastian Parish, Diocese of Brooklyn

A deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after he admitted to prosecutors that he engaged in sexual acts with minors he met on the hookup app Grindr.

Rogelio Vega, 52, was sentenced March 15, two years after he was arrested in an NYPD sting…

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