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Past St. Agnes music director is sentenced tecting vulnerable children from predators and those who traffic in child pornography will always A former musical director at be a priority of this office and St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville the Department of Justice.” Centre has been sentenced to six For 24 years, Wustrow worked years in federal at St. Agnes and the prison for receiving Diocese of Rockchild pornography ville Centre, directand sending sexualing several youth ly explicit photos of choirs and the adult boys to an underchoir. His tenure cover police officer came to an end in using the screen 2017, when church name “pervdad516.” officials discovered Michael Wus that the FBI was trow, 59, of Freeinvestigating him port, was sentenced after agents seized on Oct. 13 by U.S. his work computer. District Judg e Diocese spokesDenis Hurley, who man Sean Dolan said that Wustrow wrote in an email to MICHAEL would have to registhe Herald that “no ter as a sex offender DRISCOLL statement was and be subject to Assistant issued on the senspecial conditions tencing,” and director-in-charge, when he is released declined to comFBI from prison. ment further. Wus“ To d ay ’s s e ntrow’s attor ney, tence underscores the serious Nancy Bartling, did not respond consequences Wustrow will face to requests for comment at press for years to come for his sordid time. role in receiving child pornograFederal investigators said phy and perpetuating the sexual they found 35 images of child abuse of children,” Jacquelyn pornography when they seized Kasulis, acting U.S. attorney for Wustrow’s iPhone in 2017, which the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement. “ProCONTINUED ON PAGE 26
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A happy Homecoming South Side High School edged Floral Park, 34-33, in overtime of its Homecoming game last Saturday. Story, additional photo, Page 16.
Mammography van comes to RVC MLK Center hosts breast cancer screenings By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
Promoting October’s designation as Breast Cancer Awareness month, village officials partnered with the MLK Community Center to offer residents free screenings in Nassau University Medical Center’s mobile mammography van. De puty Mayor Kathleen Baxley and Sharon Sheppard, assistant director of the MLK
Center, secured the services of the van on Oct. 14. The screenings included a breast examination by an NUMC nurse, a mammogram and instructions for home breast self-examination for residents over age 40. Both Baxley and Sheppard are breast cancer survivors, which motivated them to provide the service and help community members detect any worrying signs early, in the hope of saving their lives. “Having
gone through it ourselves, we know that early detection is key,” Baxley said. “The sooner you get checked, the better.” Patients did not need to be insured to be screened. “That’s key for people who don’t have i n s u r a n c e, ” B a x l e y s a i d , “because they’re not going to go to a doctor, but they can get checked here.” Baxley worked with the RVC CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
r. Wustrow’s actions, and the material he collected, are a shock to our collective conscience.