The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, September 13, 1996            TAG: 9609130636
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
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CLARIFICATION

ILLUSTRATION: Gaphic

The parents of children sexually abused in the late '80s and

early '90s by Emmett E. ``Satch'' Smith did not know of the abuses

until early this year after they had been reported to police.

A story Tuesday about the sentencing of Smith to three years in

prison for taking indecent liberties with children incorrectly

indicated the parents had known earlier of the incidents. by CNB