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Gospel Choir Director Sentenced for Sex with 15 Year Old Girl

2010-03-16T14:43:00.001-06:00

A former McCaskey High School Gospel Choir director was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison Monday for having a sexual relationship with a student."I want to apologize," Norman M. McMillan III, 27, told a Lancaster County Court judge, "first and foremost."Judge Jeffery Wright told McMillan that the victim was sitting in the front row of the spectator section, suggesting he turn around and speak

Jewish Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing from U.S. Government

2010-03-16T13:31:00.001-06:00

A fugitive in hiding for more than a decade pleaded guilty Monday to fleecing the government out of millions in education and poverty grants.Avrum Friesel bolted to Israel in 1997 when he learned he was under indictment for a scam that included creating a phony school in Brooklyn to steal education money, and collecting tuition grants for non-existent students to enroll in Judaic studies

Catholic Teacher Admits to Sex with 15 Year Old Pupil

2010-03-16T12:23:00.000-06:00

A religious education teacher at a Catholic secondary school is facing jail after he admitted having sex with a female pupil and sexual misconduct with another.Kieran Binns groomed one of his two victims through social networking site Bebo before seducing her at his flat when she was just 15.Yesterday, the girl's mother told of her horror at discovering 22-year-old Binns had "stolen her innocence

Jewish Man Sentenced for Sodomizing 14 Year Old Boy

2010-03-16T11:17:00.000-06:00

Nachman Stal, who fled to Britain after being accused of sodomizing a youth of 14 years, was sentenced Sunday to 13 years behind bars.Stal, who was extradited to Israel in July last year, received 12 years' imprisonment for sexual offenses and an additional year for evading justice. Tel Aviv District Court also criticized rabbis who had come to Stal's defense.The legal proceedings began a decade

Episcopalian Convicted of Beating Puppy to Death

2010-03-16T09:57:00.001-06:00

A Brooklyn man could go to jail for two years after being convicted Friday of beating to death a dachsund puppy who was "insubordinate" during a bath.Dudley Ramsay, 25, was found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty for smashing 5-month-old Junior against the side of the tub - breaking six of his tiny ribs and damaging his lungs and liver."It's disturbing, especially because of the age of the dog

Christian Pleads Guilty to Molesting 13 Year Old Girl in Church Bathroom

2010-03-16T09:09:00.000-06:00

A volunteer at Ignited Church in Lakeland accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl accepted a plea deal Friday.Mark Osgood, 20, pleaded guilty to lewd battery.He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 30.The terms of the plea agreement call for Osgood to receive three years and six months in prison. He must also serve 11 years and six months of sex offender probation.Chip Thullbery, a spokesman

Baptist Pastor Sentenced for Beating Wife

2010-03-16T08:05:00.000-06:00

A pastor accused of hitting his wife while on the parking lot at St. Luke’s Baptist Church received a $300 fine and a 30-day jail sentence, which will be suspended upon completion of an anger management course, a Jacksonville District Court official said.The Jacksonville District Court, which operates out of the police station off Main Street, handed down a guilty verdict March 3 in reference to

Catholic Sentenced for Stabbing Priest

2010-03-16T07:01:00.001-06:00

A parishioner accused of stabbing a south Texas Roman Catholic priest nearly 20 times has been sentenced to 12 years in prison as part of a plea deal.David Rodriguez was sentenced Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon about a week before he was to stand trial in San Patricio County.The Rev. Shaji Varghese didn't know Rodriguez was being sentenced when he showed up at the

Sunday School Teacher Sentenced for Distributing Child Pornography

2010-03-16T05:49:00.001-06:00

A Cocoa man, whose probation on a 2000 felony molestation conviction ended early, was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography last year.U.S. District Court Judge John Antoon II also ordered 54-year-old Robert Manuel Perez Jr. -- a former Brevard County school bus driver in the mid- to late 1990s and ex-Sunday school teacher in a

Baptist Sentenced for Selling Drugs

2010-03-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

Uzbekistan has sentenced a Baptist to 10 years in jail on drugs charges, which his fellow Baptists insist are fabricated, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Seven weeks after his arrest, Tohar Haydarov was sentenced in Guliston on 9 March for "illegal sale of narcotic or psychotropic substances in large quantities". Fellow Baptists insist that this is to punish him for his religious activity. It

Bible Camp Counselor Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of 5 Year Old Girl

2010-03-11T08:10:00.000-07:00

A 20-year-old former church youth group leader was sentenced to at least 51⁄2 years in prison Monday for sexually exploiting a 5-year-old girl he was babysitting.Judge David Edwards ordered Elma resident Michael J. Coronado to serve the maximum sentence of 68 months to life in prison for first-degree child rape. Coronado must serve a minumum of 51⁄2 years in prison and will then face regular

Christian Sentenced for Sexual Assault

2010-03-09T20:38:00.002-07:00

A homeless man gets probation for sexually assaulting two girls while staying with a member of his church. 19-year-old James Olson was sentenced Tuesday in La Crosse County Court to four years probation. Olson was taken in by a female member of his church last year, and admitted to inappropriately touching the woman's daughter and the daughter's friend.

Jewish Rabbi Sentenced for Sexual Abuse

2010-03-09T15:15:00.000-07:00

A Brooklyn jury today convicted an orthodox rabbi of repeatedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old classmate of his son.The panel of 10 women and two men deliberated less than half a day before finding the rabbi, Baruch Lebovits, 58, guilty of eight counts of sexual abuse.The teen said the rabbi lured him into his car by offering to let him drive, then unzipped his fly and performed oral sex on

Methodist Church Secretary Pleads Guilty of Embezzlement

2010-03-09T13:11:00.001-07:00

The former secretary of the Mount Holly Springs United Methodist Church pleaded guilty today in Cumberland County Court to embezzling thousands of dollars from the church's emergency fund for the needy.Jane Poth, 50, of Newville, pleaded guilty to one count of theft by unlawful taking, Senior Assistant District Attorney Daniel Sodus said. She has no plea agreement and investigators are still

Christian Nurse Sentenced for Sexual Battery of Mentally Disabled Man

2010-03-09T10:59:00.000-07:00

A former male nurse convicted of sexually battering a mentally disabled man is sent to prison.49-year-old Richard Chotiner arrived in a Tampa courtroom with Bible in hand. He's been out on a post-conviction bond since early 2009. That's when Judge J. Rogers Pagett sentenced Chotiner to 15 years in the Florida State Prison.Instead of sending the former health care worker directly to prison, Pagett

Methodist Sunday School Teacher Sentenced for $200,000 Fraud

2010-03-09T08:52:00.001-07:00

Disbarred Erie lawyer J. Gregory Moore was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison this morning for stealing about $200,000 from estates in his care.Moore's lawyer, William Weichler, argued that Moore -- a Vietnam War veteran, Sunday school teacher and community volunteer -- deserved probation.Authorities have long remained silent on what "personal and business" expenses Moore covered with funds

Christian Man Sentenced for Financial Crimes

2010-03-06T19:14:00.000-07:00

A federal judge on Friday sentenced a Lubbock businessman to 25 years in prison for financial crimes.Benny Lee Judah must pay nearly $60 million in restitution to his victims in addition to serving the maximum amount of prison time for money-laundering and selling unregistered securities."Twenty-five years is not enough," said Julie Durham Hammer, whose family was among Judah's at least 250

Franciscan Friar Senteced for Sexual Abuse... Again

2010-03-06T18:10:00.000-07:00

Convicted sex offender Fr Ronald Bennett (75), who admitted he indecently assaulted a schoolboy during 'sex education' lessons, avoided jail yesterday.He was handed a two-and-a- half-year jail sentence, which was suspended with a number of conditions, and his name will be added to the sex offenders' register for 10 years.Bennett was a former sports master and spiritual adviser at Gormanston

Muslim Sentenced for Rape of 59 Year Old Woman

2010-03-06T16:58:00.000-07:00

A Baltimore man convicted of assaulting and raping a 59-year-old woman at gunpoint in 2007 in her Roland Park home, terrorizing that community, was sentenced to life plus 93 years in prison Friday."The only appropriate sentence [for the rape] is life," said Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard, who quoted from the opening of a "Law & Order" television series about sexual crimes being

Christian Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation

2010-03-06T15:48:00.001-07:00

A Forsyth County man convicted on 12 counts of sexual exploitation of children will serve six years in prison.Michael Terrence Cox, 57, pleaded guilty in January to the charges.Forsyth County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey S. Bagley handed down the punishment Wednesday, which includes 14 years on probation following his release.Cox will also have to register as a sex offender.Before he was

Baptist Church Member Convicted of Molestation... Again

2010-03-06T14:40:00.003-07:00

Keith "Eric" Andersen of Noank was a well-regarded member of his church and a volunteer firefighter who also worked the polls on Election Day.He also was a convicted sex offender who in July 2007 arranged for a 9-year-old Stonington girl to be home alone so that he could break into her family's trailer and molest her.A New London jury in December had listened to testimony from the victim, who is

Baptist Minister Pleads Guilty to Sex with 15 Year Old

2010-03-06T13:34:00.001-07:00

A former central Indiana minister pleaded guilty Thursday to felony charges stemming from a sexual relationship he had with a 15-year-old church member.Former New Whiteland Baptist Church pastor Daniel Moore, 50, pleaded guilty to felony child solicitation and sexual misconduct charges.Court documents indicated that police began investigating Moore after the girl's parents suspected a sexual

Muslim Teacher Sentenced for Sexual Abuse

2010-03-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

A man has been jailed for abusing a boy while giving him lessons in the Koran.Atta Ur-Rehman, 38, was found guilty of a number of sex offences against the young victim.Appearing at Bolton Crown Court , he was sentenced to six years in jail.He attacked the boy at an address in Rochdale in May last year where he was supposed to be giving lessons in reading the Muslim holy book.The boy, who was

HIV Positive Minister Sentenced for Sex with 15 Year Old Boy

2010-03-05T12:30:00.000-07:00

A Shelbyville, Kentucky minister has been sentenced for having sex with a 15-year-old boy and the minister is HIV positive. And Minister James Bell admits, he knew he was HIV positive at the time of act."All child sex abuse, no matter who the perpetrator is, is horrific and damaging. But it's especially damaging if it's a religious figure," said David Clohessy with Survivors Network Abused by

Christian Man Sentenced for Two Day Crime Spree

2010-03-05T10:25:00.000-07:00

Former Roanoke police investigator and businessman Jonathan Heard pleaded guilty to a robbery charge in Mississippi in February and has been sentenced to the Mississippi prison system.According to the Jackson County circuit clerk's office, Heard was sentenced to 15 years with seven years to serve. This sentence is to run concurrently with his two previous sentences in Alabama.He pleaded guilty to