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Catholic Pastor Sentenced on Sexual Abuse Charges

2010-05-22T14:47:00.001-06:00

The former pastor of Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Parish in Lexington was sentenced to one year in prison Friday in a sexual abuse case.Father Joseph N. Muench entered an Alford plea in March to one count of first-degree unlawful imprisonment and one count of first-degree criminal attempt to commit sexual abuse.Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate sentenced Muench to one year on each of

Church Youth Leader Sentenced for Statutory Rape

2010-05-22T12:33:00.000-06:00

A former youth leader with Real Life Ministries in Post Falls has been sentenced to six years in prison on three counts of statutory rape.Jordan Vernon received two years fixed prison time and four years "indeterminate" to run consecutively on each of the three rape charges. However the judge presiding over the case retained jurisdiction which means Vernon could be eligible for probation in as

Pastor Sentenced for Sexting with 15-year Old Girl

2010-05-22T10:24:00.000-06:00

An associate pastor at a northern Dakota County church was sentenced Tuesday to 32 days in jail after he sent sexual text messages to a 15-year-old girl over whom he held a "position of trust." Jeffrey A. Mobley, 33, of Cottage Grove, an associate pastor who oversaw youth activities, had also hugged and grabbed the buttocks of the girl in March 2008, according to court documents. Mobley was

Church Deacon Guilty of Threatening Fellow Deacon With Knife

2010-05-22T08:06:00.001-06:00

The dueling deacons of Newport News were in court today after Deacon Hurley Jones pulled a knife on a fellow deacon at a church meeting.Jones was convicted of assault, but will not go to jail.Deacon Hurley Jones walked free after being found guilty of assault.The man convicted of wielding a knife at Wesley Grove United Church of Christ walked calmly from the courtroom."There is peace in the

Pastor Convicted of Tax Evasion

2010-05-21T18:39:00.001-06:00

The pastor of a North Carolina church and his wife have been convicted on federal income tax evasion charges.Multiple media outlets reported that Anthony Jinwright of the Greater Salem City of God church and his wife were convicted of a number of charges Monday night in Charlotte.Fifty-three-year-old Anthony Jinwright was convicted of 13 of the 18 charges against him, including conspiracy, tax

Youth Pastor Sentenced For Sex With Minor

2010-05-21T18:03:00.000-06:00

A former Rocklin youth pastor has been sentenced Wednesday in connection with having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl who went to his church.Lincoln resident Jeffery Allen Waisner, 33, will need to register as a sex offender for life and will be on parole for three years after he's released from state prison, the Placer County District Attorney's Office said.Waisner, who served at

Catholic Priest Sentenced for Rape of Elderly Woman

2010-05-21T16:58:00.001-06:00

An 86-year-old priest has been sentenced to five years' probation for forcing an elderly woman to perform a sex act in a Central Texas church rectory.The Rev. Stephen Valenta was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest to a felony charge of injury to the elderly. The plea means he didn't admit guilt but didn't contest the charge.His attorney Chris Gunter said Valenta will remain in a

Pastor Sentenced for Exposing Himself

2010-05-21T15:12:00.001-06:00

A former pastor for the Church of God of Prophecy was sentenced on Monday to serve 90 days in jail for exposing himself on a Web camera to an undercover police officer who was posing as a minor last year.William J. Blanscet, 68, was charged in May with four counts of third-degree felony dealing in material harmful to a minor, each punishable by up to five years in prison.He pleaded guilty to two

Methodist Teacher Sentenced For Sexual Assault Of Pre-School Girl

2010-04-24T14:46:00.001-06:00

A teenager who sexually assaulted a 4-year-old at a preschool will spend the next 18 years in prison.Andrew C. Glidwell, 19, of Hendersonville, plead guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual battery. He was sentenced to nine years to serve at 100 percent for each count, which will run consecutively.The guilty plea comes less than a month before the case was scheduled to go to trial.“I think it

Christian Man Sentenced For Sexual Abuse Of Teen Girl

2010-04-24T09:41:00.000-06:00

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a Washburn man to 17 years in prison with five years suspended for sexually abusing a girl.Justice Kevin Cuddy sentenced Eric A. Ericson, 57, on a charge of gross sexual assault. He handed down a concurrent five-year prison term for a charge of unlawful sexual contact.Cuddy also gave Ericson a five-year concurrent sentence on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor. He

Mother/Son Duo Convicted Of Scamming Fellow Church Goers

2010-04-23T23:50:00.001-06:00

A Cumberland County mother and son were convicted Thursday on various theft charges stemming from a scam that targeted their friends, family, and members of their own church.Prosecutors said Robert and Esther Lebo told people they needed money to pursue a lawsuit that didn't exist. Robert's daughter, Megan Lebo, pleaded guilty to similar charges earlier this week.Robert Lebo was convicted on 10

Christian Mother Starves Son To Death For Not Saying 'Amen'

2010-04-23T21:33:00.001-06:00

Bizarre and horrible story just popped up on AP from Baltimore, about a 'Christian' woman from the US who was born a Hindu in Trinidad. She starved her one-year-old son to death at the behest of a religious cult leader.Ria Ramkissoon, a member of the 1 Mind Ministries cult, pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in the death of her son, Javon Thompson. She was known as Princess Marie in the cult

Baptist Pastor Convicted of Abusing Developmentaly Disabled Boy

2010-04-16T16:10:00.000-06:00

A Jefferson County Judge has convicted a former Assistant Pastor at Red Rocks Baptist Church of abusing a developmentally disabled volunteer at the church by dumping trash on him.Jason Smoker went on trial this week in Jefferson County on one misdemeanor count of neglect of an at risk victim. A judge convicted Smoker on Wednesday and he will be sentenced in May.According to court documents, the

Christian Pleads Guilty to $432,000+ Fraud

2010-04-16T13:00:00.000-06:00

A former Detroit city employee pleaded guilty to a fraud charge today for illegally selling benefits from the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) designed to serve low- and moderate-income pregnant, breast-feeding and postpartum women. Jacqueline Taylor, 40, will be sentenced July 13 by U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman and faces up to five years in prison. She worked at the

Pastor Sentenced for Rape of Teen

2010-04-16T07:56:00.000-06:00

Earlier this year iSurf News reported on a story regarding former Branch Street Church of God in Christ Pastor Prince Wilbert Woolfolk. Apparently Woolfolk had been accused of raping an Owensboro teen. According to a Daviess County press release, Woolfolk was convicted of the crime and sentenced to 20-years in prison on Monday, April 12.In 2008, Woolfolk was arrested and indicted for sexual

Church Secretary Pleads Guilty to $200,000 Theft

2010-04-14T14:46:00.001-06:00

A former church secretary will spend three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to theft charges.Dennis Butler, 68, was sentenced on Monday.He pleaded guilty to one count of theft in March and agreed to pay back the $200,000 he stole from a Concord Township church.Butler developed a gambling problem and thought he could replace the money he took.Records show that Butler worked for the Concord

Baptist Pastor Sentenced for Lying to Federal Arson Investigators

2010-04-14T11:37:00.000-06:00

A former pastor will serve three years probation for lying to federal agents who investigated an arson at the Sunflower Missionary Baptist Church in Leavenworth.39-year old Marvin Clay of Leavenworth pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of a felony. In his plea, he admitted that when he was interviewed by federal agents investigating an Oct. 31, 2008, fire at Sunflower Missionary Baptist

Preacher Convicted of Murdering Wife After Caught Molesting Teenager

2010-04-14T07:19:00.001-06:00

An Alabama evangelist and former paratrooper was convicted Friday of murdering his wife and storing her body in a freezer for four years.After deliberating for 1 1/2 hours, a jury in Mobile also found 39-year-old Anthony Hopkins guilty of rape, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse of a child between the ages of 12 and 16.Hopkins was arrested in 2008 while preaching at a rural revival in Clarke County

Anglican Bishop Convicted of Drunk Driving

2010-04-09T10:49:00.001-06:00

An Anglican bishop in Solomon Islands has been fined for drink driving and crashing a Diocesan vehicle.The Solomon Star newspaper reports that Charles Koete, who is the Bishop of Central Solomons Diocese, pleaded guilty to the charges related to his crash on January the 1st.He had also been charged with driving without a driving licence.Police said earlier in the day his son was seen driving the

Alglican Priest Sentenced for Molesting Alter Boy

2010-04-09T09:42:00.001-06:00

A paedophile Anglican priest has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for sexually abusing an altar boy in the mid-1970s. Wilfred Edwin Dennis, 74, has been jailed before for similar offences against other altar boys. The victim, about 15, was assaulted in the robing room of a northern suburbs church. Adelaide District Court Judge Sydney Tilmouth said Dennis remained in self denial despite the

Christian Father Senteced for Bible-based Discipline

2010-04-09T08:33:00.001-06:00

A Texas father was sentenced to four years in prison for injury to a child for whipping, pinching and kicking his duct tape-bound 10-year-old son.David W. Dill, 49, of Kerrville, is a fundamentalist Christian who said his abuse was discipline consistent with Old Testament teachings, the San Antonio Express-News reported.A judge sentenced Dill Monday on the jury's January conviction, the newspaper

Youth Minister Sentenced for Sex with 15 Year-Old Girl

2010-04-06T20:06:00.000-06:00

A former youth minister at the Village Baptist Church was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old girl.Doug Dwayne Davis, 31, of Oklahoma City, was arrested at the church a year ago and resigned.The victim was a girl who was visiting from Vinita where he had been a minister before.He had been a trusted friend of the girl’s family, police reported.The victim

Church Music Minister Sentenced for Sex with Teenage Girl

2010-04-06T19:02:00.001-06:00

A former music minister at Millburn’s Community Congregational Church and former choir director and organist for Congregation B’nai Jeshurun was sentenced to five years in prison on April 1.Warren Halsey Brown pleaded guilty to a sexual assault charge in front of Union County Judge Robert Mega. The case surrounded Brown’s sexual relations with a 15-year-old student from Kent Place School in

Pastor Sentenced for Sexual Assault of Teen Girl

2010-04-06T18:00:00.000-06:00

A pastor was sentenced to 10 years probation Friday after pleading "no contest" to a charge of sexually assaulting a child.Dallas County prosecutors say Lester Cody III assaulted the girl when she was 15 and 16. Cody was given deferred adjudication probation, which means he will not have a criminal record if he follows the terms of his probation. He must also pay a $10,000 fine.Cody was a

Christian Worship Leader Sentenced for Sexual Assault of Teen Girl

2010-04-06T16:56:00.002-06:00

A former worship leader at Berthoud’s Grace Place Church was sentenced to 25 days in jail through a work-release program on Thursday.Michael “Brett” Wilson also received five years of sex offender probation and 60 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty in February to sexually assaulting a teenage girl several years ago.District Court Judge Terence A. Gilmore sentenced Wilson, 50, for