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MORE PREY-ING AT MINISTRY OF LOVE?
A FORMER minister at a top Presbyterian church who admitted seducing one of his married parishioners may have chased after other women, according to court papers. A decision made public yesterday said officials at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church were told that the Rev. Thomas Tewell, 56, who counseled troubled spouses, "was preying on other women to whom he was providing marital counseling."...

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Parishioner Sues Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Saying Pastor Seduced Wife
A jilted Long Island husband is suing his pastor, the Presbytery of New York City and one of its largest churches, saying that the pastor seduced his wife and destroyed his "faith and trust" in the church and in the institution of marriage.

The husband, Joseph Vione, 43, who had been living in Garden City, says in papers filed last week in State Supreme Court in Manhattan that the Rev. Thomas K. Tewell, 56, the senior pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Midtown Manhattan, used confidential information obtained during marriage counseling to seduce Mr. Vione's wife, Rachel, 42. Mr. Vione has filed for divorce.

To cover his tracks and to further his relationship with Ms. Vione, court papers say, Dr. Tewell encouraged the couple to join couples clubs and family ministries and attend marriage retreats that he presided over.

The suit also says that officials of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, which has nearly 4,000 members, knew of allegations from anonymous parishioners that Dr. Tewell had exploited his position at the church "to prey on" other women by engaging in illicit relationships with them, but did not investigate....