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Former Choir Director Gets 17 Years for Assault
A once-popular and respected church choir director has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for assaulting a teen at his home and the church in Eagle River.
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Monday, August 18, 2008 --- 11:55 a.m.
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (AP) -- A once-popular and respected church choir director has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for assaulting a teen at his home and the church in Eagle River.
Vilas County Circuit Judge Mark Mangerson also sentenced 60-year-old Paul Michael Ziegfield Stardust to seven years extended supervision on Friday.
A jury convicted the man also known as "Ziggy" Stardust on five counts of child enticement in April. He had been the choir director at St. Peter The Fisherman Catholic Church.
An Eagle River woman told authorities Stardust had sexual intercourse with her in 2000 when she was 16. Three other women testified at his sentencing hearing that he assaulted them as well.
Stardust told the court he hasn't always lived a proper life but he believes God has forgiven his sins.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
