A GOUVERNEUR MAN ACCUSED OF GROPING YOUNG GIRLS IN CHURCH FACES TEN CRIMINAL COUNTS.

            STATE POLICE IN GOUVERNEUR SAY 59-YEAR-OLD ROBERT STORIE IS CHARGED WITH 5 COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE, 3 COUNTS OF THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE, AND TWO COUNTS OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD.  ALL OF THE COUNTS ARE MISDEMEANORS.  STORIE ALLEGEDLY PERSUADED TWO GIRLS, AGES 12 AND 15 TO HUG HIM WHILE ATTENDING RICHVILLE BAPTIST CHAPEL OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS.  STORIE WOULD THEN ALLEGEDLY TOUCH THE GIRLS IN INTIMATE LOCATIONS WHILE HOLDING THEM CLOSE TO HIM.  INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS.

            STORIE WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE TOWN JUSTICE JOHN RIORDAN AND JAILED ON 500 DOLLARS BAIL