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Sex Offender Therapist Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Girl
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - A clinical therapist at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl and threatening to kill her if she told.
Fifty-seven-year-old Wanda Viento was charged with several felonies Friday. The state agency that oversees the program says the charges aren't related to Viento's work duties.
According to the complaint, a Mankato detective interviewed a girl in Minneapolis who said Viento first molested her when she was about 9 or 10.
Viento had babysat the girl when Viento lived in Mankato. The girl said the last case of abuse was last fall.
Reports say bail for Viento was set at $200,000. Her public defender says Viento is "absolutely stunned" by the charges.
Viento is a former director of the Women's Center at Minnesota State, Mankato. She was hired at the sex offender program in August.
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