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• May 16, 2008 8:08 am US/Eastern
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Former Deacon Gets 20 Years In Sexual Abuse Case

A former deacon at a church in Montgomery County has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing two girls.

Dan Stallings, 72, was sentenced Thursday in Rockville. Stallings was a deacon at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Silver Spring.

He was arrested in December for the alleged abuse of a female relative in the 1960s and 1970s, beginning when the girl was 11-years-old.

After his arrest, a second victim came forward and said Stallings had fondled her in 1997, when she was a teenager.

Stallings pleaded guilty in March to five counts of incest and one count of a fourth-degree sexual assault.

During the sentencing hearing, defense attorney Thomas DeGonia said Stallings was filled with remorse and was seeking help for his sexual affliction.

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