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Murga-Paniagua raped the woman in November while intoxicated and wielding a knife, Commonwealth's Attorney James E. Plowman said in a statement.
Murga-Paniagua was in the United States legally on a work permit, Plowman said, and will be deported after his prison term.
-- Jonathan Mummolo
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Two Breakaway Congregations Will Pay Diocese in Lawsuit Deal
Two of 11 congregations locked in a court battle with the Episcopal Church have settled their 19-month-old dispute, agreeing to pay an undisclosed amount to the Virginia Diocese, the diocese said in a statement yesterday.
The diocese sued the 11 congregations in February 2007 after parishioners voted to pull away from the national church over scriptural disputes. The lawsuit sought to keep parish properties and assets.
Potomac Falls Church in Potomac Falls and Christ the Redeemer Church in Centreville do not have actual church properties and meet in public school buildings.
Terms of the agreement were not made public. The lawsuit involving the nine other churches continues.
-- Michelle Boorstein
