Anson, MAINE

Jan 23, 2008 - Frank Gleason, 60, a assistant principal and athletic director at Carrabec High School, pleaded guilty to to sexual abuse of a 15-year-old Carrabec student. The open plea means that the judge will determine the sentence.

Gleason admitted in a taped phone conversation to sexual contact with the boy that occurred on the night of Dec. 21, when Gleason gave him a ride home following a basketball game. Gleason pulled the boy toward him, hugging, kissing him and then fondling him. The sexual abuse charge is a misdemeanor.

He also has stepped down as pastor of Maranatha Assembly in Anson. Gleason's lawyer is Josh Tardy of Newport, Republican leader in the state House of Representatives.
Full Name: Frank "Skip" Gleason III

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A reader berates the newspaper for making the story front page the day before Christmas. "Gleason III did not deserve this kind of humiliation, nor does anyone, over something that is so sensitive, before one is found guilty or innocent."