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		<title>Founder of Scandal &#8211; Mired Monastery Dies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samuel A. Greene Jr., the founder of a monastery that closed amid scandal over the alleged sexual abuse of novice monks and a fraudulent weeping Virgin Mary painting, has died.]]></description>
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		<title>Monk details sex, drugs, weeping icon at Texas monestary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of five monks facing charges of sexually abusing children told authorities that an inner circle of monks at the monastery there had sex with one another, smoked marijuana and used an eyedropper to produce fake tears on a Virgin Mary icon.]]></description>
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		<title>Sad or sinister? Trouble not new for monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self-styled monks face new charges after child-sex cases in &#8216;99
BLANCO, Texas – Christ of the Hills Monastery is empty now. The hum of insects and an insistent wind are the only sound.
The black-robed monks with their long beards and heavy Byzantine crosses vanished almost overnight, leaving unwashed dishes on the table and their sandals lined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State trying to seize Christ of the Hills Monastery property</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANCO — The state is trying to seize Christ of the Hills Monastery, claiming in court filings that the religious enclave is &#8220;contraband&#8221; because it was used in the commission of money laundering, theft, fraud and child molestation offenses.
A notice of seizure was filed Wednesday on the 105-acre parcel outside Blanco that&#8217;s owned by Ecumenical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groundskeeper At Monastery Tells Story Of Betrayal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(CBS 42) BLANCO COUNTY &#8212; There are new allegations swirling around an already troubled Hill Country monastery.
The man who&#8217;s looking after the grounds at Christ of the Hills Monastery in Blanco County spoke exclusively with CBS 42. The focus of the conversation was how his faith and trust in the monks he once defended is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monks Plead Not Guilty to Sex Charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHNSON CITY, Texas Jul 31, 2006 (AP)— Four monks pleaded not guilty to charges alleging a boy was sexually assaulted at a Texas monastery that draws thousands of visitors every year, officials said Monday.
Authorities raided the Christ of the Hills Monastery last week in search of &#8220;instruments of child abuse,&#8221; Blanco County District Attorney Sam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New sex allegations against Christ of the Hills Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christ of the Hills has been the focus of numerous sexual assault claims.
The founder of Christ of the Hills Monastery in Blanco County and three other monks were arrested Tuesday on charges of sexual assault of a child and organized crime, according to the Blanco County sheriff&#8217;s office.
A fifth monk, imprisoned in Beaumont on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police raid Central Texas monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officials raided a hilltop monastery near Blanco in Central Texas on Tuesday morning after getting indictments accusing five monks of sexually assaulting a boy there about 13 years ago, officials said.
The Blanco County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and federal investigators continued to search Tuesday evening, KXAN television station in Austin reported.
Samuel A. Greene Jr., the [...]]]></description>
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