Priest pleads guilty to sex abuse charges

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND - A Catholic priest ordained in Georgia has pleaded guilty today to sexually abusing two brothers in the 1970s while he was a seminary student.<br> <br> Wayland Y. Brown pleaded guilty to child abuse and battery charges for performing sexual acts on a then-12-year-old boy and his 13-year-old brother in Gaithersburg, Maryland, between 1974 and 1977. <br> <br> Assistant State&#39;s Attorney Peter Feeney says five other men have come forward recently to accuse Brown of abusing them as boys in the 1970s. <br> <br> One was an altar boy at a Prince George&#39;s County church, and two are from Georgia. The fifth was allegedly molested while visiting Disney World with Brown. <br> <br> But Feeney says the statute of limitations on the alleged crimes has run out in Florida and Georgia, meaning he can&#39;t be prosecuted in those states.

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