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Suit: Former LI minister a sexual predator

Attorney John Ray and his clients, sisters Cynthia

Photo credit: Newsday/photo by Pablo Corradi | Attorney John Ray and his clients, sisters Cynthia Gallo (left) and Valerie Spielman (right) discussed the unusual clergy sex abuse case in Patchogue at a presser at the Attorney's office in Miller Place, NY.

Two sisters are suing a Patchogue church and its former pastor for manipulating them into a sexual relationship with him.

Valerie Spielman and her sister Cindy Gallo held a news conference in their Miller Place attorney's office Thursday, recounting years of counseling they received from the former pastor of Grace Gospel Church.

They said Lawrence Carrino, who has since moved to Minnesota,...

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