Fugitive Pastor Arrested on child sexual assault charge

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A pastor who has been a wanted man for months is now in custody in Gastonia.
Robert Adams was wearing camouflage as he was brought into the Gaston County Police Dept. just after 4 p.m. Friday.
Adams was found in a Lincoln County home late Friday afternoon. Police said they found him thanks to an anonymous tip.
Investigators said Adams sexually assaulted a child.
He was a pastor at the Mount Calvary Tabernacle Church on Camp Rotary Road, but he had not been seen since March, when the allegations were first made.


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In other news

The Rev. Carlton F. Hammonds 56, of the Willows Baptist Church on Tehama Street, has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges of sexual assault against two minors, though prosecutors have said Hammonds reportedly victimized "many" more from his congregation.

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THE Police in Masaka district have arrested a Catholic priest in connection with the murder of a resident by a mob. Pascal Mutagubya, 17, a resident of Narozari village, was beaten and burnt after he was accused of stealing sh600,000 from Narozari Catholic parish on Monday.

The Police yesterday arrested Fr. Paul Kaberuka in Buwunga sub-county. Kaberuka joined the parish about three months ago.

Also arrested are Mutebi Bakka and Vincent Mbuga, both attached to the parish and the parish farm manager, Maria Rose Nakamatte.

The southern regional criminal investigation chief, Willy Panuha, said the suspects, still detained at Masaka Central Police Station, would face charges of murder.

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Priest Arrested for Fight With Another Priest
ARLINGTON, Va. - A fight between two local priests sent one to the hospital and the other to jail. The fight was all about vacation time.

Parishioners at Our Lady of Angels say the sight of Father Charles Smith's police mug shot is a shock. The reason he was arrested, for assaulting the parish priest, is something no one can understand.

"You would think a religious person, you would think they would be beyond violence," said Tony Nguyen, who lives in Woodbridge.
An argument in the church's rectory about vacation time between Smith and his boss, Reverend Paul Eversole, turned violent. Eversole called 9-1-1 for help and was treated at the hospital for a cut over his eyes. Prince William County (web | news) police took Smith into custody.

"Priests are, in fact, human and I guess they just plain lost their temper," offered Woodbridge resident Timothea Morton.


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Irish Catholic nuns offer compensation for Church child sex abuse
The Sisters of Mercy in Dublin have offered $193 million in money and property to those who were abused by nuns in their order.

The religious order made the announcement Thursday, saying the amount was “reparation for the suffering of children while in residential institutions within Mercy care."

The Sisters of Mercy ran five schools for girls in Dublin, and physical assaults and humiliation were a regular occurrence. One of the Order’s institutions at Goldenbridge was notorious for the level of abuse carried out under its roof.


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MILWAUKEE - Former Milwaukee Catholic Archbishop Rembert Weakland shredded copies of reports concerning sexual abuse by priests.

That’s according to legal depositions Weakland gave in the 1990’s – testimony that was made public today by the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests.

The group said the depositions were uncovered as a part of lawsuits by abuse victims who accuse the Milwaukee Archdiocese of fraud. Weakland had admitted destroying copies of weekly reports on the subject which were sent to his office.

The survivors’ group says it wants Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm to review the depositions to see if any criminal violations occurred. They also want the income archbishop, Jerome Listecki, to discipline Weakland and others who may have covered up priest abuse.


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1. Let me play devil's advocate for a moment...

-They're not real Scotsman Christians.
-This has nothing to do with religion
-Their 'church' isn't a real Church.
-Sigh...another broad brush attack on Christians.
-They're not as bad as Hitler/Stalin/Pol Pot.
-You just want to ban religion.
-They obviously never read the Bible, or else he'd know that Jesus was against child rape.
-You can't prove they aren't secret atheists.
-Clearly, they're mentally ill.
-This is a Catholic conspiracy.
-This is an anti-Catholic conspiracy.
-Stop disrespecting my beliefs—they’re personal!!!

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2. What IS the point of such posts?

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3. I'm sure most people understood it perfectly.

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4. That's not an answer to the question

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7. What don't you get?

I thought that "devil's advocate" is a pretty well-known expression.

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5. Thank you for this list....

...I'll copy and paste it now. And spread it around everywhere I go.

- Like Typhoid Mary.

K&R

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6. And here's a few more for the collection.....

- And a hattip to: http://gaytheistagenda.lavenderliberal.com/category/crime/black-collar-crime/">The Gaytheist Agenda, for this group of scummy preachers.

Anaheim Pastor Arrested; Accused of Molesting Four Girls.
Monday, September 28th, 2009



http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/regional/62457917.html">Let us prey.

ANAHEIM — A 45-year-old Anaheim church pastor was charged Monday with molesting four underage girls whose families participated in his church’s outreach program for struggling congregants.

The alleged crimes date back to 2004, with the most recent attack occurring on June 1, according to court records.

In the most recent case, Jose Rama Campoverde of Anaheim is accused of touching and trying to kiss a 17-year-old girl while he gave her a ride, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez.
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Campoverde is the pastor of Ministerio Cristo Vive church, which operates out of a business complex in the 400 block of South Euclid Street. All four of his alleged victims “were his congregants,’’ Martinez said.
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He is charged with one felony count of a lewd or lascivious act with a minor on April 25, 2007; and five felony counts of lewd acts upon a child age 14 or 15 — on July 10, 2004, June 1, 2008, and March 1 and June 1 of this year; and two misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a child under 18 years of age, on March 1 and May 1 of this year.

Anaheim police suspect there may be more alleged victims, Martinez said, and are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Omar Adham at [phone].

SC Pastor Arrested In Sex Sting
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Won’t somebody please http://www.wyff4.com/news/21084987/detail.html#">think of the children?


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John David Helmuth, 44, was arrested on Tuesday. He was charged with 10 counts of criminal solicitation of a minor and one count of attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

According to a release from the attorney general’s office, beginning on June 23, Helmuth solicited sex online from a person he believed to be a 13-year-old. In reality, he was communicating with an undercover police officer, investigators said.

The arrest warrant stateed Helmuth arranged to meet the “girl” at Falls Park in Greenville to “kiss, hold, touch all over and have sex.” Officers said they arrested him when he arrived at the park Tuesday night.
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Helmuth is the associate pastor at Tabernacle of Faith in Piedmont. He is also a recording artist and lead singer for the Christian group Elias. Investigators said what makes this case so disturbing is that Helmuth was in a position of trust.

Former priest held on sex charges

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Maybe clergy should be fitted with http://www.post-trib.com/news/porter/1774539,wigglesworth_0917.article">chastity belts as part of their vows.

A Valparaiso man will not be released from jail after being arrested on charges of attempting to have sex with a 15-year-old teen.

U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Rodovich filed the decision Wednesday in federal court, saying in his order that Wayne E. Wigglesworth, 68, had been shown to have previous contact with a 9-year-old boy after being told by Valparaiso police to stop.

Wigglesworth was arrested in August after police pulled his car over in Chicago. The 15-year-old boy, who was in the passenger seat, told police that he had met Wigglesworth on an online site, TeenChat.com, and that the two had exchanged phone numbers, according to a probable cause affidavit. Wigglesworth, who had told the teen he was 43, eventually asked to meet the teen so they could perform oral sex on each other, according to the affidavit.

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The government had presented evidence to Rodovich that Wigglesworth, who was an ordained Catholic priest in Baltimore from 1967 to 1982, met a 9-year-old boy at his wife’s nursing home in Valparaiso in February.

Wigglesworth then called the boy two times before the boy’s parents found out and went to police, according to the detention order. Despite a police warning, Wigglesworth called the boy another time.

Police: Youth pastor admits to sex with girl

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009



These days it seems children are safer with http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112558103">lead tainted toys than they are with “http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/144421">Youth Pastors”.

A 25-year-old youth pastor from a Tempe church has been arrested after admitting to officers he engaged in sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl at least three times over the last two months, according to Chandler police.

Joshua O’Bannion of Gilbert, who was working as an intern at Christ Life Church, 1137 E. Warner Road, was arrested at his home on Sept. 9 on suspicion of sexual conduct with a minor and sexual abuse, according to the Chandler Police Department.

That day, the 14-year-old girl disclosed that she had sex with her youth minister on three separate occasions in July and August, police said.

Ohio: Pastor Resigns After Arrest for Alleged Sex Offense.
Saturday, September 12th, 2009



I’ll give him credit for resigning rather than demanding he be allowed to keep his position because he prayed and got absolution from God. Hence Hamblin, Jr., was pastor at the West Middletown Church of God in Madison.


MADISON TWP — A former church pastor has been arrested for allegedly inappropriately touching an underage female, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/crime/former-pastor-arrested-on-underage-sex-charge-295113.html">Hence Hamblin Jr., 66, of the 5100 block of Augspurger Ave., in New Miami, was charged Wednesday, Sept. 9, with one count of gross sexual imposition, a fourth-degree felony, after admitting to detectives he had inappropriately touched a teenage girl, according to the sheriff’s office.

Hamblin resigned in August as pastor of the West Middletown Church of God in Madison Twp. He stated he resigned his position as pastor due to committing the offense, deputies said.

“Christian Values” in Action; Assistant Pastor Arrested and Charged for Allegedly Dumping Trash on Disabled Man.

Sunday, September 6th, 2009



Of course whatever sentence he gets, if any, he’s still considered morally superior in the eyes of many to the most law-abiding atheist or LGBT person because he’s a “Christian”. From http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13258115}enverPost.com>:

An assistant pastor at a Morrison church has been put on suspension and charged with neglect of an at-risk person after allegedly dumping trash on a mentally handicapped volunteer last year.

According to an arrest warrant, Jason Smoker, 36, asked the unnamed developmentally disabled volunteer at Red Rocks Baptist Church to clean out the church van last year but was dissatisfied with how the job was done.
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Smoker allegedly had the person lay blindfolded on the parking lot pavement as Smoker poured trash from the bus on top of him. The victim an investigator the incident did not “hurt him physically, but did emotionally,” according to the arrest affidavit.
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According to the church website, Smoker is the church’s facilities manager, who also is responsible for technology, a men’s ministry and an addiction recovery program
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A man like that shouldn’t be in charge of anything involving other people, particularly vulnerable people. Maybe he can get a job cleaning buses, considering he’s so particular about the task.

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8. Thanks for the hattip

:hi: But if you really want the dirt on pervy clergy and other "family values" types doing all sorts of illegal and immoral stuff here's the place to go.