A former Phillipsburg pastor was sentenced Thursday (May 17) after
pleading guilty to one count of indecent liberties with a child older
than 14 and one count of sexual exploitation of a child.
The Phillips County Sheriff's Office says
David Pugh was sentenced to 32 months in prison. The sheriff's office
says Pugh must also register as a sex offender for 25 years and have
lifetime post-release supervision.
Former KS pastor sentenced for child sex crimes
Monday, May 28, 2018
Two decades later, pastor charged with sexual assault of boy in Evanston hotel | Chicago Sun-Times
A former Catholic priest with Chicago ties is facing criminal charges
for the first time, nearly two decades after he resigned from his post
amid several allegations of child sex abuse.
The case that eventually landed 56-year-old Kenneth Lewis in the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Saturday in Chicago stems from a decade-old allegation of child molestation in an Evanston hotel room, according to a police source in the northern suburb.
In that incident, “Father Ken,” a former pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy on a trip in late July 2001, in a hotel at 1501 Sherman Ave., the Evanston police source told the Chicago Sun-Times. The hotel at that address is now the Holiday Inn Chicago North.
The boy’s parents filed a report with Tulsa police in June 2004, nearly three years after the alleged assault. Authorities in Oklahoma referred the case to Evanston police, and now, 14 years later, Lewis has been criminally charged in the case.
Two decades later, pastor charged with sexual assault of boy in Evanston hotel | Chicago Sun-Times
The case that eventually landed 56-year-old Kenneth Lewis in the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Saturday in Chicago stems from a decade-old allegation of child molestation in an Evanston hotel room, according to a police source in the northern suburb.
In that incident, “Father Ken,” a former pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy on a trip in late July 2001, in a hotel at 1501 Sherman Ave., the Evanston police source told the Chicago Sun-Times. The hotel at that address is now the Holiday Inn Chicago North.
The boy’s parents filed a report with Tulsa police in June 2004, nearly three years after the alleged assault. Authorities in Oklahoma referred the case to Evanston police, and now, 14 years later, Lewis has been criminally charged in the case.
Two decades later, pastor charged with sexual assault of boy in Evanston hotel | Chicago Sun-Times
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson removed over complaints of 'dangerous' advice to abuse victims | Fox News
Generally I would not include such a debacle as it is all over the news, as well as no solid accusations of abuse (that I have seen); just piss-poor advice. Two things stand out though,,, one, he is not well regarded in circles that combat sexual abuse (for obvious reasons). Two, in 2016 he was part of Ted Cruz's Religious Liberty Advisory Council.
As much as I hate to say it, you can't be this much of a dick and not have skeletons in your closet. Whether it reaches Gothard standard, only time will tell.
As much as I hate to say it, you can't be this much of a dick and not have skeletons in your closet. Whether it reaches Gothard standard, only time will tell.
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson removed over complaints of 'dangerous' advice to abuse victims | Fox NewsPaige Patterson, a prominent Southern Baptist leader, has been removed from his position as president of a Texas seminary following allegations that he made abusive and demeaning comments to women.Patterson, 75, has been heavily criticized over his past comments about women. According to The Washington Post, he encouraged abused women to stay with their husbands, implored female seminarians to look more attractive and commented on an “attractive” teenage girl’s appearance.Patterson, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, also allegedly told a rape victim to forgive her assailant and not report the assault to police, a woman told The Washington Post earlier this week.
Patterson was removed from his position as president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) in Fort Worth, Texas, by its board of trustees, according to an online statement.
Former Delone Catholic teacher charged with sexual abuse of a student
A former Delone Catholic High School
teacher allegedly exchanged thousands of texts, which included explicit
messages and images, with a female student and gave the student
underwear while she was at school, according to police.
Gary
Jon Hatez Jr., 31, of the 300 block of Penn Street, Hanover, was
arrested and charged May 24 with two counts of sexual abuse of children,
unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors and criminal use of
a communication facility, according to a news release from the Adams
County District Attorney's Office.
Delone Catholic
High School officials contacted McSherrystown Borough Police Chief
Michael Woods on March 27 to inform him of alleged inappropriate contact
and communication between a 16-year-old student and Hatez, according to
an affidavit filed with District Judge Daniel Bowman.
School officials told Woods that when they confronted Hatez about the
allegations he admitted to purchasing and giving the student underwear
on school property. Officials also reported seeing unlawful texts and
pictures between Hatez and the student on the student's phone, the
affidavit states.
Former Delone Catholic teacher charged with sexual abuse of a student
Suspect in Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse case arrested - Philly
This right here is why I do what I do in re-posting all these articles,,,
The story of what happened to Haugh’s daughter all those years ago has been layered with frustration and pain. The identity of her alleged abuser was never a mystery; he was an adopted relative named John Logan Haugh. But Martin and Jennifer had waited years to report the incident to police because their congregation elders — the Witnesses’ equivalent of parish priests — had instructed them to not contact law enforcement, in keeping with the organization’s well-practiced efforts to keep the lid on child sex-abuse allegations across the country and around the world.
Police issued an arrest warrant for John Logan Haugh on misdemeanor charges of indecent assault in October, but only recently caught a break in the case. Martin said investigators told him that an elder contacted police and provided an address for the 26-year-old after reading about the molestation last month in an Inquirer and Daily News report on the culture of secrecy that pervades the Witnesses.
John Logan Haugh was arrested on May 3 by police in Dagsboro, a small town in southern Delaware. A court official there said Haugh was released after posting 10 percent of $2,000 bail — and with orders to surrender to authorities in York County.
He finally complied on Wednesday afternoon, when he appeared in court before Magisterial District Judge John Fishel. His father posted bail, which was set at $20,000 this time, according to court records. Haugh’s attorney, Jeffrey Marshall, declined to comment.
Suspect in Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse case arrested - Philly
Jennifer Haugh was “beyond happy” when she found out about the arrest. “I truly feel that wouldn’t have happened if the article hadn’t run,” she said.__
The story of what happened to Haugh’s daughter all those years ago has been layered with frustration and pain. The identity of her alleged abuser was never a mystery; he was an adopted relative named John Logan Haugh. But Martin and Jennifer had waited years to report the incident to police because their congregation elders — the Witnesses’ equivalent of parish priests — had instructed them to not contact law enforcement, in keeping with the organization’s well-practiced efforts to keep the lid on child sex-abuse allegations across the country and around the world.
Police issued an arrest warrant for John Logan Haugh on misdemeanor charges of indecent assault in October, but only recently caught a break in the case. Martin said investigators told him that an elder contacted police and provided an address for the 26-year-old after reading about the molestation last month in an Inquirer and Daily News report on the culture of secrecy that pervades the Witnesses.
John Logan Haugh was arrested on May 3 by police in Dagsboro, a small town in southern Delaware. A court official there said Haugh was released after posting 10 percent of $2,000 bail — and with orders to surrender to authorities in York County.
He finally complied on Wednesday afternoon, when he appeared in court before Magisterial District Judge John Fishel. His father posted bail, which was set at $20,000 this time, according to court records. Haugh’s attorney, Jeffrey Marshall, declined to comment.
Suspect in Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse case arrested - Philly
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Maryland Church Leaders Accused of Abusing Teen Girls in Program for At-Risk Youth - NBC4 Washington
Authorities have charged a Maryland
pastor, his minister son and another church leader with sexually abusing
four teen girls in a program for at-risk youth. One of the men is a
U.S. Capitol Police officer who has been placed on non-duty status.
Prince
George's County police say the abuse occurred between 2001 and 2008,
when the victims were between age 15 and 18 and were part of a program
run by the Oxon Hill Assembly of Jesus Christ in Fort Washington. The
program was called Children Having Overcoming Power, or CHOP, and was
designed to provide living accommodations and classes for at-risk young
people, police said.
Maryland Church Leaders Accused of Abusing Teen Girls in Program for At-Risk Youth - NBC4 Washington
UPDATE::No more prison for ex-Rutgers professor who sexually assaulted disabled student | NJ.com
A judge on Friday sentenced a former Rutgers philosophy professor to
time served for having criminal sexual contact with a disabled man who
was once her student, bringing an end to a long, complex case that
almost stretched into a second trial.
Anna Stubblefield, 48, had already served nearly two years behind bars before an appeal's court overturned her conviction in June 2017.
Stubblefield will not have to go back to state prison.
No more prison for ex-Rutgers professor who sexually assaulted disabled student | NJ.com
Anna Stubblefield, 48, had already served nearly two years behind bars before an appeal's court overturned her conviction in June 2017.
Stubblefield will not have to go back to state prison.
No more prison for ex-Rutgers professor who sexually assaulted disabled student | NJ.com
Ex-Eastview pastor charged with physically abusing infant daughter | WJBC AM 1230
A former pastor at Normal’s Eastview Christian Church faces multiple
criminal charges for the alleged physical abuse of his infant daughter.
McLean County prosecutors have filed 11 charges in all against Matthew Everly, 25, of Bloomington, including aggravated battery of a child, aggravated domestic battery, and reckless conduct.
The child was only two weeks old when Everly allegedly broke both her legs in March. The baby, now two months old, is back in her mother’s care.
Ex-Eastview pastor charged with physically abusing infant daughter | WJBC AM 1230
McLean County prosecutors have filed 11 charges in all against Matthew Everly, 25, of Bloomington, including aggravated battery of a child, aggravated domestic battery, and reckless conduct.
The child was only two weeks old when Everly allegedly broke both her legs in March. The baby, now two months old, is back in her mother’s care.
Ex-Eastview pastor charged with physically abusing infant daughter | WJBC AM 1230
ADDENDUM::Judge orders birth certificates issued to children born secretly on polygamous compound in South Dakota - The Salt Lake Tribune
A South Dakota judge’s ruling has confirmed that children were born on a remote Black Hills compound run by a secretive religious sect, offering new insight into life within the polygamous FLDS.
The ruling in September by Seventh Circuit Judge Jeff W. Davis revealed that births occurred on the compound near Pringle and were not recorded with the state as required by law.
After hanging up from the conference call with the judge, Sarah Allred turned to her 9- and 6-year-old daughters.The judge granted birth certificates to two girls who, according to their mother, were born a decade ago on the Custer County compound operated by the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a radical offshoot of Mormonism.
Until the ruling by Davis, no birth certificate had ever been issued to a resident of the compound that is secured by barbed-wire fences and guarded by a watch tower, despite widespread suspicion that children had been born there.
The failure to obtain birth certificates for children of FLDS members follows a directive given in 2002 by FLDS leader Warren Jeffs and religious elder Sam Barlow. In an audiotape of a speech by Jeffs and Barlow, the two leaders tell other FLDS elders to not register births because doing so provides information about the age of the child’s mother and the identity of the father, which they said could implicate church members for having sexual relations with minors.
“Congratulations, ladies,” Allred said. “You’re finally my kids.”
“I was always your kid,” the 9-year-old replied.
Yes, but without birth certificates,
it was difficult to prove that. The two girls were born in secrecy on
the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints compound near Pringle, S.D.
Judge orders birth certificates issued to children born secretly on polygamous compound in South Dakota - The Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian dies | Stuff.co.nz
There is probably no religious group New Zealanders have seen more of over the past decade than Gloriavale.
The West Coast Christian community has been featured in a series of documentaries and many news reports.
The allegations made against the community by former members have been well covered - the forced marriages, the sexual and physical abuse, the shunning of anyone who leaves, and the complete financial domination of all members.
The trust owns land worth about $10 million along with buildings, vehicles and equipment worth about $20 million.
Gloriavale members live within the confines of the West Coast base, sign over all their assets to the trust when they join, and work unpaid for the community.
Any income that community members earn is donated to the trust to cover food, medical costs, clothing and laundry costs for the community.
Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian dies | Stuff.co.nz
The West Coast Christian community has been featured in a series of documentaries and many news reports.
The allegations made against the community by former members have been well covered - the forced marriages, the sexual and physical abuse, the shunning of anyone who leaves, and the complete financial domination of all members.
The trust owns land worth about $10 million along with buildings, vehicles and equipment worth about $20 million.
Gloriavale members live within the confines of the West Coast base, sign over all their assets to the trust when they join, and work unpaid for the community.
Any income that community members earn is donated to the trust to cover food, medical costs, clothing and laundry costs for the community.
Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian dies | Stuff.co.nz
ADDENDUM::Report sheds light on tragic end for Keego Harbor family
Months after a murder suicide stunned the sleepy town
of Keego Harbor, the Free Press has obtained investigative documents
that shed light on what drove an aspiring model to kill her two grown
children, her husband, herself and the family dog.
According
to police records and interviews with family, friends and neighbors,
Stuart battled many problems, including depression, ostracism from the Jehovah Witness church, and mental scars stemming from alleged sexual abuse as a child.
Report sheds light on tragic end for Keego Harbor family
ADDENDUM::Death, abuse and questions — life in an Alachua County cult
Decades later, many are still in emotional, if not physical
pain. Guilt, blame and bewilderment at how this could have happened eat
at the survivors. Families have been fractured like the bones of those
who were beaten. Some describe going through post-traumatic stress
disorder as they tried to regain their lives.
In interviews with The Sun and with authorities, survivors
who once believed that Young channeled God are finally identifying her
as the ringmaster of a hellish existence. She was arrested last year on a
murder charge for Emon’s death, nearly 30 years after he was stuffed in
the hamper as a form of discipline.
Death, abuse and questions — life in an Alachua County cult
Sovereign Citizen Judge Bruce Doucette Receives 38 Year Prison Sentence for Paper Terrorism Activity | Westword
One of the most notable figures in America proselytizing and exercising “sovereign” ideology, Bruce Doucette, was sentenced to 38 years in Colorado state prison on Tuesday, May 22.
Doucette, who owned a computer-repair shop in Littleton, had declared himself a judge despite not being recognized by any U.S. judicial system, and was one of the leading actors in an extra-legal organization calling itself the “people's grand jury of Colorado.” On March 9, a jury in Denver had found Doucette guilty of 34 felony charges stemming from actions that Doucette described as an attempt to root out corruption in American government at its various levels: federal, state and local.
Sovereign Citizen Judge Bruce Doucette Receives 38 Year Prison Sentence for Paper Terrorism Activity | Westword
See also:: Sovereign Movement Is Anti-Government, Off the Grid....and Gunning for Justice
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Former Gonzaga priest and professor sentenced for child porn possession - KXLY
A former Gonzaga University priest and professor was sentenced
Wednesday to six months in jail for downloading and viewing child
pornography.
Gary Uhlenkott, 67, pleaded guilty in February to viewing depictions of minors engaged in sexual explicit conduct in the 2nd degree back in April 2013.
Uhlenkott had been a Jesuit priest for 25 years at the time and was a professor of music at Gonzaga.
According to court documents, in October 2010, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Toronto Police Service started investigating a movie production company in Toronto, 'Toronto Company', that was the subject of more than 20 complaints of child pornography.
USPIS accessed the website and reviewed film previews, website movie summaries, and customer ordering information. When they confirmed there were videos of nude minor boys, TPS executed a search warrant at the company's business and seized hundreds of DVD movies, photo DVDs, computers, and business records, including customer shipping labels and customer order histories.
Former Gonzaga priest and professor sentenced for child porn possession - KXLY
Gary Uhlenkott, 67, pleaded guilty in February to viewing depictions of minors engaged in sexual explicit conduct in the 2nd degree back in April 2013.
Uhlenkott had been a Jesuit priest for 25 years at the time and was a professor of music at Gonzaga.
According to court documents, in October 2010, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Toronto Police Service started investigating a movie production company in Toronto, 'Toronto Company', that was the subject of more than 20 complaints of child pornography.
USPIS accessed the website and reviewed film previews, website movie summaries, and customer ordering information. When they confirmed there were videos of nude minor boys, TPS executed a search warrant at the company's business and seized hundreds of DVD movies, photo DVDs, computers, and business records, including customer shipping labels and customer order histories.
Former Gonzaga priest and professor sentenced for child porn possession - KXLY
Oregon missionary found guilty of sexually abusing Cambodian orphans
A U.S. jury found a Christian missionary
from Oregon guilty Wednesday of multiple sex abuse charges for
molesting children living at an unlicensed Cambodian orphanage that he
operated in Phnom Penh over a period of years.
Oregon missionary found guilty of sexually abusing Cambodian orphans
Daniel
Stephen Johnson, 40, was convicted of six counts of engaging in illicit
sexual conduct in a foreign place and one count each of travel with the
intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and aggravated sexual
assault with children. He faces a minimum of 30 years in prison when
sentenced in August in Eugene, Oregon.
Oregon missionary found guilty of sexually abusing Cambodian orphans
Ex-priest charged with 2001 sexual assault in Evanston | WGN-TV
A former priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in an Evanston hotel room nearly two decades ago.
Kenneth Lewis, 56, was arrested after returning to the U.S. from Ecuador on May 9.
Lewis was never assigned to work as a priest in the Chicago area, but he attended the St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in suburban Mundelein between 1987 and 1991.
Ex-priest charged with 2001 sexual assault in Evanston | WGN-TV
Kenneth Lewis, 56, was arrested after returning to the U.S. from Ecuador on May 9.
Lewis was never assigned to work as a priest in the Chicago area, but he attended the St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in suburban Mundelein between 1987 and 1991.
Ex-priest charged with 2001 sexual assault in Evanston | WGN-TV
Thursday, May 17, 2018
#10::Fatal shooting on Donald Lee Hollowell, search for suspect conti - CBS46 News
Please note
there is a discrepancy in the number of total victims as one crime had
two victims. The status of the one victim has been reported in an unsure
manner. I have chosen to include this individual as an ally.
According to TransGriot victim was 36 year old Nino Fortso, misgendered in the CBS report.
According to TransGriot victim was 36 year old Nino Fortso, misgendered in the CBS report.
Police are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a woman early Sunday morning.Fatal shooting on Donald Lee Hollowell, search for suspect conti - CBS46 News
The shooting occurred just before 2 a.m. near Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway and Woods Drive.
Police were on a traffic stop when they heard gunshots coming from Woods Drive. When they went to investigate, a woman who was shot multiple times was located.
Church youth volunteer accused of sexually abusing teen at park during 'tennis lessons' | KABB
https://www.ksat.com/news/man-sexually-assaulted-young-girl-under-guise-of-giving-tennis-lessons
Police in Schertz arrested a man accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old after telling her mother he would be giving her tennis lessons. The victim came forward just days after the abuse allegedly happened.
According to arrest papers, John Dean Blaylock reportedly told the victim and her mother that he was an assistant youth director at a church in Universal City. He arranged to give the child tennis lessons at a middle school in the area.
Church youth volunteer accused of sexually abusing teen at park during 'tennis lessons' | KABB
See also:: Church youth volunteer accused of sexually abusing teen at park during 'tennis lessons'
When Schertz investigators questioned Blaylock, he said he is not an assistant youth director, but a youth volunteer at his church. He admitted taking the girl to the park, kissing her, holding her hand and having intimate conversations, according to court documents. Officers also confirmed the information about the mole.
The United Methodist Church said Blaylock did pass a background check, so now they have approved a new comprehensive child use safety policy.
"That's going to involve comprehensive background checks, tracking. We have four hour training, plus online training for all of our volunteers and anyone who works with children," Rev. Will Rice said.
'Spiritual healer' arrested, accused of sex abuse, abortion in the Bronx | abc7ny.com
Robles is accused of making his clients drink oils that would
incapacitate them. Then, he would allegedly cut off their clothing with a
knife and sexually abuse them.
Police say Robles also walked on a woman's stomach and back who was six-weeks pregnant. She suffered a miscarriage.
Among his many charges, Robles is also charged with abortion.
The so-called treatment is a form of practice known as Santeria.
'Spiritual healer' arrested, accused of sex abuse, abortion in the Bronx | abc7ny.com
Police say Robles also walked on a woman's stomach and back who was six-weeks pregnant. She suffered a miscarriage.
Among his many charges, Robles is also charged with abortion.
The so-called treatment is a form of practice known as Santeria.
'Spiritual healer' arrested, accused of sex abuse, abortion in the Bronx | abc7ny.com
Former youth minister accused of sending inappropriate photos, messages to girls at his church | WGN-TV
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-minister-grooming-indecent-20180515-story.html
A former youth minister has been accused of sending inappropriate pictures and messages to minors several times since 2014.
Daniel Ramos, 29, of Burbank, was arrested Monday. He
appeared in bond court Tuesday and was charged with four felonies
including child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child and
grooming. The alleged victims are as young as 12 and as old as 17.
Lead pastor Chris Wallace stresses Ramos hasn't worked
with the center for many months, and said the church alerted authorities
last summer after learning of possible misconduct.
Former youth minister accused of sending inappropriate photos, messages to girls at his church | WGN-TV
St. Frances Academy teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with student
A former teacher at a Baltimore Catholic school faces child sex abuse charges.
Police arrested Ryan Penalver, 27, after St. Frances Academy received allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old female student. Penalver had been held without bail, but a judge released him Monday on his own recognizance.
Penalver has taught history at St. Frances Academy for seven years.
He's charged with sex abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex
offenses, second-degree child abuse and perverted practice.
"We believe the relationship started in April and continued into May. A friend of the victim reported it to the school, who immediately contacted Child Protective Services, and they contacted us," Baltimore police Detective Jeremy Silbert said.
St. Frances Academy teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with student
Police arrested Ryan Penalver, 27, after St. Frances Academy received allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old female student. Penalver had been held without bail, but a judge released him Monday on his own recognizance.
"We believe the relationship started in April and continued into May. A friend of the victim reported it to the school, who immediately contacted Child Protective Services, and they contacted us," Baltimore police Detective Jeremy Silbert said.
St. Frances Academy teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with student
Former First-Plymouth youth leader accused of making sexual advance on boy | Crime and Courts | journalstar.com
Prosecutors have filed felony charges
against a former First-Plymouth Church youth leader whom Lincoln police
accuse of making an inappropriate advance on a 12-year-old boy at the
church, according to court documents.
A Lancaster County judge Friday issued an arrest warrant for Taylor T. Martin, 22, on charges of attempted sexual assault and child abuse.
A Lancaster County judge Friday issued an arrest warrant for Taylor T. Martin, 22, on charges of attempted sexual assault and child abuse.
The
allegation came to light in February, when the boy told a therapist
Martin had approached him in a church bathroom during a Wednesday night
youth group session, a police investigator said in an affidavit for
Martin's arrest.
Former First-Plymouth youth leader accused of making sexual advance on boy | Crime and Courts | journalstar.com
Sandusky Register | Former church volunteer indicted on child sex charges
An Erie County grand jury recently indicted a Norwalk man for
allegedly sexually assaulting young girls in a Milan Township church.
Kenneth Rose, 56, of the 100 block of North Pleasant St., was indicted on three counts of gross sexual imposition, all third-degree felonies.
Erie County sheriff’s deputies arrested Rose March 23 after a young girl’s parents told police Rose allegedly inappropriately touched her in the basement of Milan Friends Church on East Mason Road, the sheriff’s office previously told the Register.
He was originally charged with two counts of gross sexual imposition. The third count in the indictment comes after police learned there was a second victim, according to Erie County sheriff’s office Detective Alexis Dauch.
“During the initial investigation, Rose had disclosed another victim,” Dauch said.
Sandusky Register | Former church volunteer indicted on child sex charges
Kenneth Rose, 56, of the 100 block of North Pleasant St., was indicted on three counts of gross sexual imposition, all third-degree felonies.
Erie County sheriff’s deputies arrested Rose March 23 after a young girl’s parents told police Rose allegedly inappropriately touched her in the basement of Milan Friends Church on East Mason Road, the sheriff’s office previously told the Register.
He was originally charged with two counts of gross sexual imposition. The third count in the indictment comes after police learned there was a second victim, according to Erie County sheriff’s office Detective Alexis Dauch.
“During the initial investigation, Rose had disclosed another victim,” Dauch said.
Sandusky Register | Former church volunteer indicted on child sex charges
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Centerville, GA pastor faces new child molestation charges | The Telegraph
A Centerville pastor faces new child molestation charges days before finishing a 35-day jail sentence for a misdemeanor sexual battery conviction against a 9-year-old girl.
Wiley Green Leverett, 58, preacher at Solid Rock Community Church, is charged with two counts of child molestation and one count each of sexual battery and enticing a child for indecent purposes. All the charges are felonies.
Leverett is accused of enticing a young girl into the church sanctuary to pray and then fondling her, according to arrest warrants. He's also accused of inappropriately touching the girl's private parts while he sat on a toilet in a church restroom.
Centerville, GA pastor faces new child molestation charges | The Telegraph
Wiley Green Leverett, 58, preacher at Solid Rock Community Church, is charged with two counts of child molestation and one count each of sexual battery and enticing a child for indecent purposes. All the charges are felonies.
Leverett is accused of enticing a young girl into the church sanctuary to pray and then fondling her, according to arrest warrants. He's also accused of inappropriately touching the girl's private parts while he sat on a toilet in a church restroom.
Centerville, GA pastor faces new child molestation charges | The Telegraph
Politically connected Shomrim leader charged with raping 15-year-old girl
The politically connected president of the Boro Park Shomrim safety
patrol was arrested on charges that he repeatedly raped a 15-year-old
girl inside his Brooklyn home, police said Thursday.
Jacob “Yanky” Daskal, 59, a major donor to multiple campaigns, was picked up at about 12:30 p.m. at his home on 46th Street, where he allegedly attacked the teen between August and November 2017, police said.
Investigators are probing whether the abuse lasted longer, according to sources.
Insiders say Daskal has friends in high places and claim his political largesse got him in tight with elected officials.
“He’s a well-connected guy. In Borough Park, he’s a big deal — a macher,” or important person, said one insider who requested anonymity, noting that Daskal is particularly close to retiring Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
Politically connected Shomrim leader charged with raping 15-year-old girl
Jacob “Yanky” Daskal, 59, a major donor to multiple campaigns, was picked up at about 12:30 p.m. at his home on 46th Street, where he allegedly attacked the teen between August and November 2017, police said.
Investigators are probing whether the abuse lasted longer, according to sources.
Insiders say Daskal has friends in high places and claim his political largesse got him in tight with elected officials.
“He’s a well-connected guy. In Borough Park, he’s a big deal — a macher,” or important person, said one insider who requested anonymity, noting that Daskal is particularly close to retiring Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
Politically connected Shomrim leader charged with raping 15-year-old girl
TransGriot: Number 9- Rest In Power Carla Patricia Pavon
Please note there is a discrepancy in the number of total victims as one crime had two victims. The status of the one victim has been reported in unsure manner. I have chosen to include this individual as an ally.
According to Dallas Voice reporting by David Taffet, the Dallas PD and Dallas fire department emergency units were called to her apartment in the Citadel at Preston complex at 6104 LBJ Freeway near Preston Rd at 4:17 PM.TransGriot: Number 9- Rest In Power Carla Patricia Pavon
A Latinx male was seen running from her apartment before Dallas fire department emergency response and police units were called. Her body was found strangled inside her apartment, and she was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
DPD confirmed at a 3 PM CDT press conference Pavon died from homicidal violence, but there is according to them there is not enough evidence at this stage to investigate this case as a hate crime.
Entire Spirit Airlines flight forced to deplane as unruly passenger Facebook Lives disturbance - SFGate
An incident involving a woman attempting to fly from Atlanta to Las
Vegas caused an entire flight to deplane after she refused official
requests leave the plane after causing a disturbance.
In a now-viral Facebook Live video posted last week, Safira Allen claims she showed up to her flight's gate after the boarding time and the airline required her to pay a fee to board the plane late. Allen also claims the gate closed 20 minutes earlier than scheduled.
"How you gonna close your airline early, make me miss my flight and tell me I gotta pay again?" Allen says in the video. "Once I pay, I get on the flight and they say, 'You caused a disturbance.'"
The woman stated that she was asked to leave the plane after "cussing," to which she states, "I don't even cuss. I'm orthodox. So what are you saying?"
Entire Spirit Airlines flight forced to deplane as unruly passenger Facebook Lives disturbance - SFGate
In a now-viral Facebook Live video posted last week, Safira Allen claims she showed up to her flight's gate after the boarding time and the airline required her to pay a fee to board the plane late. Allen also claims the gate closed 20 minutes earlier than scheduled.
"How you gonna close your airline early, make me miss my flight and tell me I gotta pay again?" Allen says in the video. "Once I pay, I get on the flight and they say, 'You caused a disturbance.'"
The woman stated that she was asked to leave the plane after "cussing," to which she states, "I don't even cuss. I'm orthodox. So what are you saying?"
Entire Spirit Airlines flight forced to deplane as unruly passenger Facebook Lives disturbance - SFGate
Saturday, May 12, 2018
ADDENDUM::Willow Creek elders apologize for casting doubt on women's allegations against founder Hybels - Chicago Tribune
The highest-ranking elder of northwest suburban Willow Creek
Community Church told the congregation Wednesday that elders owe
apologies to women who made allegations of misconduct against church
founder Bill Hybels.
Pam Orr, the outgoing chair of the church’s elder board, said it has been the elders’ “top priority” to reach out to women who have come forward with allegations of inappropriate behavior.
“We have talked to several of them and are deeply saddened by the experiences they are sharing with us,” Orr told the congregation during a midweek worship service. “We do believe that we owe these women some apologies. The tone of our first response had too much emphasis on defending Bill and cast some of the women in an unfair and negative light. We are sorry.”
In a reversal, Orr also apologized for initial statements that called the allegations lies and castigated former senior leaders of the church who called for a more robust investigation.
Willow Creek elders apologize for casting doubt on women's allegations against founder Hybels - Chicago Tribune
Pam Orr, the outgoing chair of the church’s elder board, said it has been the elders’ “top priority” to reach out to women who have come forward with allegations of inappropriate behavior.
“We have talked to several of them and are deeply saddened by the experiences they are sharing with us,” Orr told the congregation during a midweek worship service. “We do believe that we owe these women some apologies. The tone of our first response had too much emphasis on defending Bill and cast some of the women in an unfair and negative light. We are sorry.”
In a reversal, Orr also apologized for initial statements that called the allegations lies and castigated former senior leaders of the church who called for a more robust investigation.
Willow Creek elders apologize for casting doubt on women's allegations against founder Hybels - Chicago Tribune
Feds: Mich. pastor posed as teen to lure girls online
A former Port Huron pastor is facing federal charges amid allegations he enticed underage girls to engage in sex acts online.
FBI
agents learned about Jackie Douglas Woodburn’s virtual interactions
while probing a chatroom-based website that attracts adult men who pose
as youths “seeking to sexually exploit minor teenage and preteen girls,”
according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court.
Among
the more than 50 victims whom authorities identified was a 13-year-old
Texas girl who recalled chatting with someone she met online in 2016
using the handle “JD Walker” and claiming to be a teenager, the document
said. He requested sexually explicit photos and asked her to perform
similar acts on a web camera, she told officials in an interview.
Feds: Mich. pastor posed as teen to lure girls online
Pastor Accused of Keying Car Parked in Handicap Spot - KARK
In a report, Searcy Police lists Dennis McCarty, a Pastor at Pyburn
Street Church of Christ in Pocahontas as a suspect in the case.
He's been charged with Criminal Mischief, a misdemeanor.
"You can be a Christian and preach the word of God and do something like this -- it's very surprising to me," says Jenkins.
McCarty said there are two sides to every story and he'll have his day in court soon.
Pastor Accused of Keying Car Parked in Handicap Spot - KARK
He's been charged with Criminal Mischief, a misdemeanor.
"You can be a Christian and preach the word of God and do something like this -- it's very surprising to me," says Jenkins.
McCarty said there are two sides to every story and he'll have his day in court soon.
Pastor Accused of Keying Car Parked in Handicap Spot - KARK
Clay County pastor accused of sexual battery of child
William Henry Randall, the retired pastor of an Orange Park church,
was arrested early Friday morning at his Fleming Island home and charged
with sexual battery on a child.
Randall, 73, of St. Simon Baptist Church, was released from the Clay County jail after posting $25,000 bond on a felony custodial sexual battery charge.
According to Randall's arrest warrant, the victim came forward in September 2015, saying the pastor had been molesting and raping her since she began attending the church in 2007.
The victim, described as between the ages of 12 and 18, told investigators the assaults took place on church property after services and during the week when came by to do work around the property.
Clay County pastor accused of sexual battery of child
Randall, 73, of St. Simon Baptist Church, was released from the Clay County jail after posting $25,000 bond on a felony custodial sexual battery charge.
According to Randall's arrest warrant, the victim came forward in September 2015, saying the pastor had been molesting and raping her since she began attending the church in 2007.
The victim, described as between the ages of 12 and 18, told investigators the assaults took place on church property after services and during the week when came by to do work around the property.
Clay County pastor accused of sexual battery of child
Hillsborough deacon accused of sexually abusing children for a decade - WFLA
A church deacon in Hillsborough County is behind bars after deputies say he admitted to sexually assaulting young children.
David Kenneth Buser, 72, of Plant City is believed to have sexually abused at least two victims, according to Hillsborough County arrest records.
The abuse of one of the victims had been going on for a decade, deputies claim. Records show that the most recent sexual assault happened two months ago.
Hillsborough deacon accused of sexually abusing children for a decade - WFLA
David Kenneth Buser, 72, of Plant City is believed to have sexually abused at least two victims, according to Hillsborough County arrest records.
The abuse of one of the victims had been going on for a decade, deputies claim. Records show that the most recent sexual assault happened two months ago.
Hillsborough deacon accused of sexually abusing children for a decade - WFLA
Henrico School Board member Roscoe D. Cooper III arrested for misdemeanor assault | Richmond Free Press | Serving the African American Community in Richmond, VA
Henrico School Board member Roscoe D. Cooper III is once again
the subject of a criminal court action, but this time the county police
are on his side.
,,,
The situation may be related to the Coopers’ divorce. Court records show the legal fight went on for two and a half years before a court officially ended their marriage last December.
Last year, during the months leading up to the divorce, Mr. Cooper was arrested several times for traffic offenses, including one for drunken driving and two others for speeding.
Henrico School Board member Roscoe D. Cooper III arrested for misdemeanor assault | Richmond Free Press | Serving the African American Community in Richmond, VA
,,,
The situation may be related to the Coopers’ divorce. Court records show the legal fight went on for two and a half years before a court officially ended their marriage last December.
Last year, during the months leading up to the divorce, Mr. Cooper was arrested several times for traffic offenses, including one for drunken driving and two others for speeding.
Henrico School Board member Roscoe D. Cooper III arrested for misdemeanor assault | Richmond Free Press | Serving the African American Community in Richmond, VA
Accused of giving woman 'slut test,' CIU president's son now works there | Island Packet
Columbia International University President Mark Smith is being
accused of retaliating against an attorney who investigated allegations
that Smith's son sexually harassed women and made racial comments when
the father and son worked together at an Ohio college, according to
federal court documents.
Smith and his son, Doug Smith, worked at Ohio Christian University when the alleged harassment occurred. Mark Smith was the college's president. They now both work at Columbia International, a Christian university in north Columbia, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
The CIU spokesman said the university conducted full background checks on both Smiths before they were hired. Mark Smith was hired before the lawsuits were filed.
Jeremy Davitz, the former top attorney at Ohio Christian, alleges in one federal lawsuit that he was fired after determining that Doug Smith could no longer work at the school because of the allegations.
Accused of giving woman 'slut test,' CIU president's son now works there | Island Packet
Smith and his son, Doug Smith, worked at Ohio Christian University when the alleged harassment occurred. Mark Smith was the college's president. They now both work at Columbia International, a Christian university in north Columbia, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
The CIU spokesman said the university conducted full background checks on both Smiths before they were hired. Mark Smith was hired before the lawsuits were filed.
Jeremy Davitz, the former top attorney at Ohio Christian, alleges in one federal lawsuit that he was fired after determining that Doug Smith could no longer work at the school because of the allegations.
Accused of giving woman 'slut test,' CIU president's son now works there | Island Packet
California theatergoers flee ‘Avengers’ movie, lady leaps from balcony when man shouts about God
Waiting for the "Christian Persecution" brigade,,,
And right on cue, from the Christian Post,,,
A man began shouting about God and jumped from his seat at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War” Thursday night at the Redlands Harkins Theater – leading to erroneous calls to police about shots fired, Redlands police said.California theatergoers flee ‘Avengers’ movie, lady leaps from balcony when man shouts about God
Just after 10 p.m., police started receiving several calls about a man who had leaped from the upper-seating area of a theater to the ground.
As police made their way to the theater in the Mountain Grove shopping center, at 27481 San Bernardino Ave., another caller said that 30 to 40 shots had been fired – prompting police to call out all available officers and paramedics to the scene, officials said.
,,,
Officers detained a man, later identified as Michael Ray Webber, 29, and learned he had stood up at the end of the Marvel film screening, threw his hands up and started shouting about God, officials said, and jumped.
And right on cue, from the Christian Post,,,
CP: Why were you charged with a misdemeanor? Do you think this infringed on your freedom to share your faith?Now many other fine bloggers have noted but it bears repeating. Does Aurora ring a bell? While I wont got so far as to call you a "terrorists" but raving lunatic does fit. WTF were you thinking!! Free speech does not extend to any privately owned premises without the consent of the owner.
There are laws being passed in California that hinder Christians from preaching The Word of God, in Its truth, right now. (You can read more about that here and here.) The common thread I hear from people who disagreed with what I did is that it wasn't the right "time and place" to stand up and preach.
Christians need to realize that if we don't stand up now, there won't be ANY "times or places" left. There was a period of time in America where standing up to preach the Gospel would have been met with applause. But even in past times when I've preached, the message has been met with cursing, objects being thrown, and so on.
Friday, May 11, 2018
Food delivery driver attacked by man claiming to be 'Jesus' | WSB-TV
A food delivery driver is speaking out after she said a man grabbed her by her head scarf and strangled her.
Sonya King told Channel 2 she feared for her life the day she was making a delivery in northwest Atlanta. She was delivering food for DoorDash at a house on South Grand Avenue.
The door was open when she said a 54-year-old man inside told her to leave the food on the counter.
,,,
"He's grabbing me and trying to choke me with my own niqab. I kept telling that man I've got kids. In the midst of me fighting him, he's grabbing my head," King said. "He thought he was Jesus, but Jesus wouldn't do that to nobody."
Food delivery driver attacked by man claiming to be 'Jesus' | WSB-TV
Sonya King told Channel 2 she feared for her life the day she was making a delivery in northwest Atlanta. She was delivering food for DoorDash at a house on South Grand Avenue.
The door was open when she said a 54-year-old man inside told her to leave the food on the counter.
,,,
"He's grabbing me and trying to choke me with my own niqab. I kept telling that man I've got kids. In the midst of me fighting him, he's grabbing my head," King said. "He thought he was Jesus, but Jesus wouldn't do that to nobody."
Food delivery driver attacked by man claiming to be 'Jesus' | WSB-TV
Hillsborough deacon accused of sexually abusing children for a decade - WFLA
A church deacon in Hillsborough County is behind bars after deputies say he admitted to sexually assaulting young children.
David Kenneth Buser, 72, of Plant City is believed to have sexually abused at least two victims, according to Hillsborough County arrest records.
The abuse of one of the victims had been going on for a decade, deputies claim. Records show that the most recent sexual assault happened two months ago.
Jessey Bradshaw, pastor of New Hope Freewill Baptist Church in Dover says Buser worked for the church for several years and occasionally taught Sunday school.
Hillsborough deacon accused of sexually abusing children for a decade - WFLA
David Kenneth Buser, 72, of Plant City is believed to have sexually abused at least two victims, according to Hillsborough County arrest records.
The abuse of one of the victims had been going on for a decade, deputies claim. Records show that the most recent sexual assault happened two months ago.
Jessey Bradshaw, pastor of New Hope Freewill Baptist Church in Dover says Buser worked for the church for several years and occasionally taught Sunday school.
Hillsborough deacon accused of sexually abusing children for a decade - WFLA
Monday, May 7, 2018
I'm sorry you feel SOCAS is not important (1)
As I noted, religionists have a troubled relationship with race and segregation.
In May 1969, a group of African-American parents in Holmes County, Mississippi, sued the Treasury Department to prevent three new whites-only K-12 private academies from securing full tax-exempt status, arguing that their discriminatory policies prevented them from being considered “charitable” institutions,,,
In Green v. Kennedy [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/309/1127/2096127/] (David Kennedy was secretary of the treasury at the time), decided in January 1970, the plaintiffs won a preliminary injunction, which denied the “segregation academies” tax-exempt status until further review. In the meantime, the government was solidifying its position on such schools. Later that year, President Richard Nixon ordered the Internal Revenue Service to enact a new policy denying tax exemptions to all segregated schools in the United States. Under the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which forbade racial segregation and discrimination, discriminatory schools were not—by definition—“charitable” educational organizations, and therefore they had no claims to tax-exempt status; similarly, donations to such organizations would no longer qualify as tax-deductible contributions.What Balmer argues, Paul Weyrich used this opportunity to organize the Religious Right as the IRS began sending questionnaires to church-related “segregation academies.” One such institution which become the battleground is Bob Jones University. While the initial legal battle began in 1971, it wasn't until 1983that SCOTUS upheld the right of the IRS to rescind the tax-exempt status of the University in Bob Jones University v. United States 461 U.S. 574 (1983).
From Amanda Marcotte,
Balmer doesn't mention it, but there was one other shift in the public consciousness going on at the time. The "Stop ERA" campaign, headed up by Christian right leader Phyllis Schlafly to kill the Equal Rights Amendment banning sex discrimination, got moving in 1972. By the time male Christian conservative leaders like Weyrich and Falwell decided to make abortion a centerpiece issue, Schlafly had done the yeoman's work of convincing huge numbers of evangelical Christians that feminists were a threat to the very fabric of society. With hostility to women's equality rising, making the anti-abortion pitch was probably much, much easier.In regards to the Bible being used as a sledge-hammer (justifying slavery and anti-LGBTQI+ discrimination), two books come to mind: Saving The Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to Oppress, Inspire and Make Sense of the World, by Karl. W. Giberson (2015) AND The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It by Peter Enns (2015). Both books explore the intellectual games used by conservative Christians to “protect” the Bible and justify their actions or in-actions.
It is in chapter 9 that Giberson explores racism and slavery. Contrary to AiG some of the most ardent racists were so-called Christians who used the Bible to support such. (I contrast with Ham and AiG as I am more familiar with their stance than any other creationist/religionist organization.) Just for shits-n-giggle, this is AiG's review of Giberson's book (abstract).
According to Dr. Karl Giberson, the molecules-to-man evolution that supposedly spawned us also made us the morally messed up creatures that we are. In Saving the Original Sinner he attacks belief in the historicity of Adam. He teaches that we are “original sinners” not as Adam’s descendants but as a result of our evolutionary heritage. Believing sin and death did not enter human history through Adam but are the natural results of evolution, he considers Adam irrelevant. Gone with Adam is the biblical foundation for understanding why the “last Adam” Jesus Christ came to die for the sins of the first Adam’s descendants. Bible-believing creationists who believe Adam and Eve were the first parents of all people refuse to accept Darwinian evolution’s explanation of human origins. Therefore, belief in Adam is a stronghold that evolutionist Karl Giberson assaults with this book, hoping to precipitate a crisis of faith in biblical creationists.While I would have to review my copy of Giberson book to be sure, but this goes to Ham's fear of losing authority, something I have written about before - specifically The Evolution Connection. Why he pushes so hard for creationism to be taught in schools.
As for my take away from Enns' book, while he was a bit more fluffy for my overall liking, he makes an interesting point that I believe highlights the mind-set of the Religious Right, "God never told the Israelites to kill the Canaanites. The Israelites believed that God told them to kill the Canaanites."
Again for shits-n-giggles, AiG's critique.
What we know of Jesus Christ’s love and grace comes to us through the reliable testimony of God’s Word. That simple and beautiful biblical truth, summed up in the familiar phrase “The Bible tells me so” from the hymn “Jesus Loves Me,” introduces many children to the love of Jesus. This sweet refrain also reminds adults that God’s revelation to us in His Word is the foundation for faith and the ultimate source of truth. A new book capitalizing on the familiar song—The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It by Dr. Peter Enns—is a collection of compromises, written for the layman. The book wastes a great deal of ink claiming that the Bible is simply not to be trusted or taken seriously. In it Dr. Enns continues his destructive influence on the Christian faith and biblical understanding through his relentless assault on God’s Word.We are all well aware of the "clobber passages" used to justify hatred and discrimination, re-hashing them now would be a bit redundant (and make this post even longer). What I want to focus on are some of the preachers of hate both members of clergy and pols-n-pundits. As I said many years ago, this type of rhetoric is no longer fringe.
Sorry to say, if you do not speak out against the extremism you condone it, it is no longer fringe when it is occurs in our everyday life. To borrow a phrase from a wise friend, I leave you with this: "The religions of "love" teaching hate!!"Scott Lively in his own words,,,
"There is no question that homosexuality figures prominently in the history of the Holocaust. … The first years of terrorism against the Jews were carried out by the homosexuals of the SA."
– The Pink Swastika, 1996
"Homosexuality is thus biologically (and to varying degrees morally) equivalent to pedophilia, sado-masochism, bestiality and many other forms of deviant behavior."
– “Deciphering 'Gay' Word-Speak and Language of Confusion," May 2002
Lively is currently running for Governor of Massachusetts, is responsible, in part, for the "kill the gays" bill in Uganda. With author Kevin Abrams, wrote The Pink Swastika (1995); which is thoroughly debunked. Believes his advocacy helped inspire the Russian law passed in 2013 that bans “propaganda for non-traditional sexual relations among minors.”
Next comes a man who is of the opinion all gays are pedophiles and will have sex with anything, believing all homosexuals should kill themselves. (See:: America's Hate Preachers a BBC documentary, highlighted below, and this little gem.)
ANDERSON: To normal people, homosexuality [and] pedophilia are disgusting. To a normal person.Steven Anderson has been banned in Jamaica (2018), Botswana (deported - 2016), South Africa (2016), the UK (2016) and Canada. He is known for, not only the above, but also calling on the government to execute homosexuals as well as declaring there are “50 less pedophiles in this world” after the Pulse nightclub shooting. (Theodore Shoebat is another anti-LGBTQI+ crusader who has also advocated for executing homosexuals. Along with his father Walid "more than a few holes in his backstory" Shoebat, they are a potent hate duo.)
LIVINGSTON: Why do you put pedophilia and homosexuality in the same group?
ANDERSON: They are in the same group! Because any man who would have sex with another man would have sex with anything. Period. Like, I’ll put it this way: Any man who would have sex with another man would have sex with an animal.
LIVINGSTON: That’s blatantly not true, though!
ANDERSON: It is true! That’s reality. Even if you don’t think it’s reality…
… LIVINGSTON: What do you think homosexuals should do, then?
ANDERSON: Kill themselves, as far as I’m concerned, because they’re horrible, wicked people. They’re just gonna keep molesting and destroying people. So I don’t have any advice for homosexuals, except to put a bullet in your own head so that you don’t molest my kids or anyone else’s kids.
[Besides advocating for the death of LGBT people, Steven Anderson also made an antisemitic film and promoted Holocaust denial (“Marching to Zion.” released in March 2015 - mirror site), saying the Jews lied about the Holocaust in order to create the state of Israel, and that slave laborers at Auschwitz were compensated for their work and could buy items at a commissary. This is a horrid little film and if you have a strong stomach, it is worth the watch.]
Next on my list is Gordon Klingenschmitt (sadly a hometown boy as he was born in Buffalo and hence my interest), this man should be a nobody but for his one claim to fame. In 2006 he was court-martialed and subsequently ousted from the Navy and sued in the Court of Federal Claims, claiming that he was wrongfully discharged from the Navy and seeking reinstatement, and arguing that his First Amendment rights were violated. (Readers Digest version.)
Now Gordon has had a fairly long career by hate-mongers standards. While not as vitriolic as Anderson, he is anti-LGBTQI+; he's a bizarre little man. Although he has a thing for "demonic spirits". What makes Klingenschmitt so dangerous, he has served as a state legislator (CO) and is considering another run in 2018.
As Luning notes,
A lightning rod for controversy who put actual lightning rods to shame during his one term in the General Assembly, Klingenschmitt maintained President Barack Obama is possessed by demons and once performed an exorcism on him. He accused U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who is gay, of wanting to “join ISIS in beheading Christians,” although Klingenschmitt later said the remark wasn’t meant seriously. He was admonished by House GOP leadership for calling it “the curse of God upon America for our sin of not protecting innocent children in the womb” when a pregnant Longmont woman was attacked and her baby was cut from her womb.Not only is he considering another run for office, he does have the ear of some notable if not infamous politicians. As I have sated before, Klingenschmitt is guilty of biblical hyperliteralism; it is a false way of biblical interpretation which leads to his many bigoted statements.
While Gordon is in some cases mild, not so with our next homophobe, Kevin Swanson. He like Anderson and Shoebat advocate for the execution of homosexuals. What's worse is he has political clout as demonstrated by the 2015 National Religious Liberties Conference. An event he organized featuring, then, three Republican contenders for the presidency: Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, and Ted Cruz.
As Katherine Stewart notes for the NYT,
The comfortable thing to do would be to dismiss Mr. Swanson as just another wombat from the embarrassing fringe of American politics. But that would be a mistake. Mr. Swanson’s murderous imaginings did not interfere with his ability to attract senior Republican figures to his conference, including as a keynote speaker Bob Vander Plaats, an Iowa politician who will grant the “Most Wanted Endorsement of 2016,” according to the Conservative Review.Speaking of Ted Cruz (and by proxy his father Rafael) let's take a look-see first at elder Cruz and his dominionist ideology, "that fundamentalist Christians should take over, well, just about everything".
Mr. Swanson is the product of a significant political movement that has coalesced around the theme of religious liberty. Many of its leaders and their allies appear at the Family Research Council’s annual Values Voters Summit. Other power centers include Liberty University (now a required stop on the campaign trail); conservative policy organizations like the American Family Association and Concerned Women for America; and Christian legal advocacy groups like Liberty Counsel (whose co-founder, Mat Staver, acted as Kim Davis’s lawyer) and the Alliance Defending Freedom, the legal powerhouse behind the Hobby Lobby decision (whose president, Alan Sears, co-wrote a book in 2003 titled “The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today”).When talking about religious conservatives in America, we might perhaps conjure up an image of a farmer in Iowa or a small-business owner in Ohio who goes to church and holds traditional values. But the leaders to whom such conservatives deliver their votes have a distinct, often different, political vision.
It’s not hard to figure out Rafael Cruz’s basic message. He has given scores, probably hundreds, of sermons and talks at religious and political gatherings, and many are on YouTube. His primary theme is that the United States is a “Christian nation” and that only true believers who adhere to biblical principles—that is, who accept the literal truth of the Bible, as Rafael Cruz and other fundamentalists see it—are worthy of guiding the United States forward. He regularly rails against pastors and church leaders who eschew politics and do not enter the political fray to combat the enemy: secular humanism.So, how far do you think the apple falls from the tree? Rafael Cruz is not only Ted Cruz's father, he is also his closest personal and professional mentor who actively campaigned for his son among evangelical voters in regards to the 2016 Presidential election cycle. While Junior's speeches are not laden with hate like his father's, he does accept his father endorsement and council.
Rafael Cruz is an advocate of Christian dominionism, which essentially holds that fundamentalist Christians should take over, well, just about everything. Speaking at a Texas church in 2012, Rafael Cruz told the crowd that God instructed Adam and Eve to go forth, multiply, and, as he put it, “take dominion over all my creation.” He said this meant that true-believers ought to dominate all areas of life: “That dominion is not just in the church, that dominion is over every area—society, education, government, and economics.” (During that sermon, he also noted that husbands, not wives, should be the “spiritual leader” of their families.) In Cruz’s view, those who accept Christ and his word (as Cruz believes it should be understood) will prosper spiritually and financially. In that same sermon, he noted that God not only anoints priests to lead the faithful, but also anoints “kings…to take dominion.” By that, he means those who rule a nation, and, he adds, these rulers one day (and he makes it sound as if this day will come soon) will transfer the wealth of the “wicked” to the “righteous.”
It's difficult to succinctly pin a direct statement like Swanson's "kill the gays" on Cruz; but he sure does attract a, shall we say, questionable crowd. For example, Mike Bickle (IHOP) has notably claimed God sent Adolf Hitler to hunt down Jews who refuse to convert to Christianity; James Dobson of Focus on the Family, who has suggested taking up arms against transgendered individuals; Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty who in 2013 had the infamous GQ interview where he stated,
"Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men," he says. Then he paraphrases Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."Bob Vander Plaats of Family Leader, who led a successful 2010 effort to oust three state Supreme Court justices who ruled in favor of marriage equality.
Pamela Gellar, the anti-Muslim activist who claim to fame is her 2010 campaign in opposition to the Park 51 Islamic Center project in Manhattan, which she deemed the “Ground Zero Mosque”. Not only is she associated with National Security Advisor John Bolton, but Richard Spencer and Milo Yiannopoulos as well. She is an active columnist at Breibart and WND (note:: direct link be careful!)
Now just to demonstrate how wacked these associations are, consider this,,, Theodore Shoebat has, in the past, called for Pamela Geller to be put to death for associating with “faggots” and “sodomites” at the “Gays for Trump” event during the RNC convention noted above. I shit you not!!
The list of influences on Cruz is endless in regards to what I consider far-right crazies (for complete list.) But,,, it highlights very well that no matter how small the crazies influence, it has ramifications for a wider audience. In some case individuals that are responsible for making our laws. It is why I personally bitch so much in regards to SOCAS.
These are but a few individuals, some I have had personal run-ins with but most interactions have been on the inter-web. I am going to leave with one last person, someone whom falls into the former category mentioned; Michael Brown.
(Some individuals I have mentioned for a specific reason. Currently Ted Cruz is up for re-election in Texas against Beto O'Rourke. While he is not well liked by his colleagues, Cruz does wield much power - w/ Mike Lee of UT - and like Mike Pence, his notion of theocratic control concerning the "Seven Mountains Mandate" is scary, the individuals listed endorse his brand of dominionism, it even scarier.)
Like Scott Lively, Brown has no problem exporting his hate nor like Klingenschmitt claiming homosexual demonic forces or some such shit. Brown is also a big purveyor of the "Christian persecution" narrative (I am a fan of JMG and use him as reference in many a posting, including this one.) But what makes Brown dangerous, (besides his association with Lou Engle, founder of the International House of Prayer (IHOP) and leader of TheCall; a man who believes the LGBT fight for equality is a bigger threat than Islamic terrorists), he employs verbal and religious violence as a tool of thought and instruction. "[V]erbal, spiritual and theological violence will be to silence and strip all LGBT people of their legal, civil and social equality, freedom and liberty, effectively creating a theocracy governed by the principles they believe are set forward in both Old Testament and New Testament law."
IOWs, while Brown may not advocate for physical violence, his "imagery and allegory, are a threat to LGBT people, even if he and his organization are not,,, there is a thin line between violent thoughts and words, and violent actions and deeds. I believe it is this precariously thin line Brown seems to disregard,,," (From “Jesus Manifesto,” via Interstateq.)
“Revolution means upheaval. Revolution means the overthrowing of the status quo. We dare not downplay the significance of the word. Revolution is a matter of life and death, and our revolution flows from the blood of the Savior to the blood of the martyr. We put down our sword and take up our cross, overcoming Satan by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of our testimony, and by not loving our lives so much as to shrink from death (Rev. 12:11).”
Our revolution is fueled by the power of the gospel, and the gospel does violence to the forces of hell. We must recover the fullness of the gospel of Jesus! It is nothing less than a direct assault on the kingdom of Satan, a frontal attack on hostile, spiritual powers, a mortal confrontation of light against darkness. It brings about the ultimate counterculture conflict.”
"We’re in a war, and war means conflict, hardship, and sacrifice. As Leonard Ravenhill wrote, ‘When a nation calls its prime men to battle, homes are broken, weeping sweethearts say their good-byes, businesses are closed, college careers are wrecked, factories are refitted for wartime production, rationing and discomforts are accepted — all for war. Can we do less for the greatest fight that this world has ever known outside of the cross — this end-time siege on sanity, morality, and spirituality?'”
"Our society is deteriorating all around us and even non-believers sense that something is wrong. Why? It is because we, the people of God, the army of the Lord Jesus, the messengers of liberation, the ambassadors of reconciliation, have been sidetracked by the love of this world and distracted by the cares of this age.”Matt sums up the issue well in the comments, responding to Brown, "my utmost concern is your verbally and theologically violent rhetoric and language. People have a right to be aware of what you are teaching and how it is being taught. People have a right to be aware of the possible threat — not from you or your group — but from others who hear your words and are unable to distinguish between your “spiritual concepts” and allegory, and real calls for physical violence."
So I will end there (I leave out Westboro as they are no longer the only player in the game), but to say I am "reeeeeaally reaching with those examples. Especially if you're trying to use them as examples in the present day," is utter bull-fucking-shit. You and your head-in-the-sand ilk need to start paying attention. Hell even my 16y/o co-worker is more aware of the religious batshittery going on without doing a deep dive into all the religious rhetoric.
Sunday, May 6, 2018
UPDATED::Judge tosses charges against friar | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror
UPDATE:: Ex-Franciscan friars plead no contest, get probation in child-sex coverup caseChild endangerment and criminal conspiracy charges have been dismissed against one of the three Franciscan friars accused of failing to properly supervise Brother Stephen Baker, a suspected predator accused of molesting youth while working at a Johnstown Catholic high school.
Two former Franciscan friars from Altoona each have been sentenced to 5 years of probation after pleading no contest to charges that they shielded a member of their order who sexually abused more than 100 children.
State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Friday that Robert D'Aversa, 70, and Anthony Criscitelli, 63, entered their pleas to charges of endangering the welfare of children before being sentenced by Blair County Judge Judge Jolene G. Kopriva. The two also were fined $1,000 each.
The AG's office arrested D'Aversa and Criscitelli two years ago. Charges against a third defendant, former Friar Giles Schinelli, were dismissed on statute of limitations grounds.
In a ruling issued Monday, Blair County Judge Jolene G. Kopriva concluded that the state’s previous statute of limitations — requiring prosecution of sexual offenses against minors to be filed no later than two years after the minor turned 18 — would have expired in 2014 for friar Anthony “Giles” Schinelli, a former administrator for the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular, Hollidayburg.
But due to a 2007 change in the statute extending the prosecution time frame to a minor’s 50th birthday, Kopriva concluded that friars Robert J. D’Aversa and Anthony J. Criscitelli, who succeeded Schinelli as ministers provincial, are subject to charges and their cases should move forward.
Judge tosses charges against friar | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror
Rev. Monahan's invasion of privacy conviction reversed; Bishop says priest may be 'fully' reinstated to duties | Courts | nonpareilonline.com
The Rev. Paul Monahan’s conviction on
five counts of invasion of privacy was reversed Wednesday, as the Iowa
Court of Appeals said the prosecution failed to show the complaining
witnesses had a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public bathroom,
among other findings.
Monahan declined to comment Thursday morning.
After
the reversal was made public Wednesday, Monahan’s attorney, Dan McGinn,
said in a statement they were pleased — but not surprised — by the
unanimous decision by the court of appeals.
“The
Court found the evidence did not support the conviction. Unfortunately,
there is nowhere for Father Monahan to go to have his reputation
restored,” McGinn said.
Rev. Monahan's invasion of privacy conviction reversed; Bishop says priest may be 'fully' reinstated to duties | Courts | nonpareilonline.com
'Satanic Christian' couple in child porn case caught by local task force
A special agent and police
officer working for an FBI Cincinnati task force helped uncover
“systematic” sexual abuse of children by a woman and man who claimed
they were a “Satanic Christian” couple, court documents show.
The
couple sexually abused six children who were in their care and produced
multiple images of child pornography, officials said. Federal
prosecutors in a news release called the couple’s behavior “depraved”
and said it “represented ongoing, systematic and horrific abuse of
multiple children.”
The victims ranged in age from 6 months to 14 years.
Sherri
Smith, of Osceola, Indiana, and her boyfriend, Joseph Williams, of
Watervliet, Michigan, were sentenced this week in federal court in
Michigan. Smith was sentenced to 60 years in prison; Williams was
sentenced to 80 years.
'Satanic Christian' couple in child porn case caught by local task force
See also:: 'Satanic Taboo Couple' accused of producing child pornography
UPDATED:: Victims of a Christian sect led by an ex-Nazi seek justice
UPDATE:: German investigators in Chile over Nazi pedophile sect, as leader remains freeWhen ex-Nazi paedophile Paul Schäfer, above, fled from Germany in 1959 after being charged with child abuse, the lay preacher established ‘one of the worst sects in the history of humanity – a stupid, fanatical Christianity.’
A German delegation was in Chile on Tuesday to learn more about the ongoing investigation into Colonia Dignidad, a notorious Nazi pedophile sect founded by German immigrants in the 1960s.
Judge Mario Carroza held nearly two hours of talks with German prosecutors and representatives of the justice ministry on Monday, updating them on the Chilean probe into the sect’s leaders, judicial officials said.
The visit comes as German courts are mulling an appeal filed by Dr Hartmut Hopp, a central figure in the scandal who fled Chile in 2011 after being convicted of complicity in 16 cases of child abuse.
That’s the description of Colonia Dignidad provided by Winfried Hempel, who escaped the abusive sect 18 years ago.
According to this report, Hempel, now a lawyer, is heading a lawsuit against the German and Chilean states for the suffering he and other youngsters endured in the Colonia Dignidad commune.
Hempel, 38, alleges that both countries allowed the abuse to happen at the ironically named “Dignity Camp”, originally set up to deliver Christian charity to the local communities
Before his death at the age of 88 in a Chilean prison in 2010, Schäfer collaborated with the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, whose secret police used the colony as a place to torture opponents.
Hempel is bringing a joint lawsuit on behalf of 120 former residents of the colony who blame the Chilean state for allowing it to operate for years, during which time they say numerous victims were abused and enslaved.
The Freethinker - The voice of atheism since 1881 » Victims of a Christian sect led by an ex-Nazi seek justice
UPDATE::Judge Upholds Rabbi’s Sentence Of 6.5 Years For Secretly Taping Women « CBS Baltimore
UPDATE:: Mikvah-peeping Rabbi Barry Freundel’s jail sentence reduced by over a year due to good behaviorA judge upholds Rabbi Barry Freundel’s sentence of six and a half years behind bars for videotaping dozens of women as they prepared for a ritual bath.
The jail sentence of Rabbi Barry Freundel, a once-prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi in Washington, D.C. who secretly filmed women in his synagogue’s mikvah, has been shortened by over a year due to good behavior, his lawyer said.
Freundel’s 6 1/2-year sentence also was reduced because he participated as an instructor in a program to educate other inmates, the attorney, Jeffrey Harris, told JTA on Thursday.
A day earlier, the D.C. Department of Corrections had sent an email to Freundel’s victims saying the rabbi would be released on Aug. 21. On Thursday, however, the department sent another email saying that Freundel will be released on Aug. 21, 2020. Director Quincy Booth told JTA in a statement that the original email was sent in error.
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Attorneys from Freundel argue that he was wrongly sentenced, which lead to extra prison time.
Judge Upholds Rabbi’s Sentence Of 6.5 Years For Secretly Taping Women « CBS Baltimore
Saturday, May 5, 2018
State Closes Miami School Tied to NXIVM Sex Cult Founder | Miami New Times
In 2015, Raquel Perera, wife of 17-time Latin Grammy winner Alejandro Sanz, debuted a school called the Rainbow Cultural Garden in posh midtown Miami. Speaking to Univision, Perera bragged that by immersing
toddlers in as many as seven languages at once, the school would
revolutionize teaching. Univision credited a New York guru named Keith
Raniere with developing the unusual plan.
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Now the State of Florida has ordered the midtown Miami school to shut down immediately after New Times brought the facility to the state’s attention. Florida officials say the school was not currently licensed to operate.
“[The Department of Children and Families] has no tolerance for any activities that put children at risk, including operating an unlicensed child-care facility,” David Frady, a spokesperson for the department, said Thursday. “DCF initiated a child protective investigation and ordered the facility to immediately cease operations this afternoon.”
State Closes Miami School Tied to NXIVM Sex Cult Founder | Miami New Times
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Now the State of Florida has ordered the midtown Miami school to shut down immediately after New Times brought the facility to the state’s attention. Florida officials say the school was not currently licensed to operate.
“[The Department of Children and Families] has no tolerance for any activities that put children at risk, including operating an unlicensed child-care facility,” David Frady, a spokesperson for the department, said Thursday. “DCF initiated a child protective investigation and ordered the facility to immediately cease operations this afternoon.”
State Closes Miami School Tied to NXIVM Sex Cult Founder | Miami New Times
Workers win $5.1M payout for enduring ex-employers’ ‘cult-like’ ideas - NY Daily News
The
former employees of United Health Programs of America — a discount
medical plan — joined with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
to win $5.1 million from a unanimous jury in Brooklyn Federal Court last
week.
Their
suit charged United Health coerced employees into religious practices
that included odd spiritual cleansing rituals and seminars about the
teachings of a wacky cartoon onion.
Pennisi described United Health as "cult-like" because of its affiliation with the Harnessing Happiness Foundation, a nonprofit that says it "aims to infuse happiness and hope into everyday life."
Workers win $5.1M payout for enduring ex-employers’ ‘cult-like’ ideas - NY Daily News
See also:: A New York company must pay $5.1 million for demanding religious practices from employees
If you’re thinking of holding a prayer meeting or anything else remotely related to religion in your company, it may not be a great idea. Not only can it make some people uncomfortable, but it also could be against the law. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids employers from coercing employees to engage in religious practices at work and bars them from firing or taking other adverse action against those who oppose such practices.The EEOC felt that in this case, religion was being pushed on employees. “Title VII prohibits religious discrimination of this sort and makes what happened at Cost Containment Group unlawful,” EEOC trial attorney Charles Coleman Jr. said in a news release. “Employees cannot be forced to participate in religious activities by their employer.”
Pierce County dad accused of beating boy for taking food | The News Tribune
School workers were worried about whether the tiny 6-year-old boy was getting enough food.
His parents allegedly restricted his diet, possibly for religious reasons, and teachers noticed his lunch usually was something small — such as a rice cake and applesauce.
Then a kindergarten teacher saw bruises.
That led Pierce County prosecutors to charge the boy's 27-year-old father with second-degree child abuse. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment Thursday, and Court Commissioner Meagan Foley set his bail at $75,000.
Pierce County dad accused of beating boy for taking food | The News Tribune
His parents allegedly restricted his diet, possibly for religious reasons, and teachers noticed his lunch usually was something small — such as a rice cake and applesauce.
Then a kindergarten teacher saw bruises.
That led Pierce County prosecutors to charge the boy's 27-year-old father with second-degree child abuse. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment Thursday, and Court Commissioner Meagan Foley set his bail at $75,000.
Pierce County dad accused of beating boy for taking food | The News Tribune
UPDATED::Sam Mullet, Amish bishop who orchestrated beard-cutting attacks, asks judge to overturn his convictions | cleveland.com
UPDATE:: Federal judge re-affirms sentence in Amish hair-cutting caseAmish bishop Sam Mullet is asking the Cleveland federal judge who sent him to prison to overturn his convictions for orchestrating a series of beard and hair-cutting attacks on his enemies.
The leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio convicted in hair- and beard-cutting attacks has lost an attempt to appeal his sentence in federal court.
An attorney for 72-year-old Samuel Mullet Sr. argues that Mullet’s previous lawyer made mistakes.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster disagreed Wednesday, concluding that those alleged errors weren’t prejudicial and that Mullet wasn’t denied a fair trial.
Mullet argues in a motion filed Friday that his former attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender Ed Bryan, made a series of errors while representing him at his 2012 trial, and through two appeals. Had Bryan not committed the errors, Mullet's trial may have ended differently, the motion says.
Bryan, who has worked as a federal defense attorney since 1997, admitted to these errors in an affidavit included in the motion.
Sam Mullet, Amish bishop who orchestrated beard-cutting attacks, asks judge to overturn his convictions | cleveland.com
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