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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Youth Pastor Watch

posted by on May 28 at 10:30 AM

Arizona:

After hearing the victim’s mother plead for justice Tuesday, Judge R. Douglas Holt ordered a man accused of two counts of molesting a young girl to prison for five years. Holt sentenced Jeremy Daniel Clark, 25, of Safford to serve five years in the Arizona Department of Corrections on a charge of sexual abuse, a class three felony….

Judge Holt ordered Clark to have no contact with any pornography and no contact with any minor. In previous correspondence with the court, Clark stated he wanted to get a good job, buy a house and serve as a minister for area youths.

“Start a youth ministry—no way,” Holt said. “There’s no way, as a sex offender, that the court or probation will countenance you becoming a youth minister for any church. You will have no contact with kids, period.”

Florida:

Seven women and five men will decide whether movies distributed by a Hollywood movie producer who uses the name Max Hardcore violate the standards of the Tampa area community and are criminally obscene….

Potential jurors were told that if they were selected to judge the case, they would have a duty to view the videos. Several jury candidates said they would have trouble viewing such scenes, including a youth minister who said he struggled to overcome a pornography addiction and would have trouble if he had to watch those videos again.


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1

Everyone knows pornography leads to molestation.

Posted by w7ngman | May 28, 2008 11:17 AM
2

Not as seedy as the child-raping UN Peacekeepers.



I think a youth pastor willing to admit in court his porn problem is probably doing a fairly good job of watching himself and allowing others to keep an eye on him.

Posted by Mr. Joshua | May 28, 2008 11:28 AM
3

"have trouble if he had to watch those videos again"

Does that mean he's already viewed the videos in question? I mean, if he's already jerked off to the evidence, shouldn't that be considered evidence of bias?

Posted by Hernandez | May 28, 2008 12:07 PM
4

How dare Christians struggle.

Posted by Katie D. | May 28, 2008 1:19 PM
5

Why can't I get on juries like that? I always get some creepy subway groper.

Posted by Vince | May 28, 2008 3:28 PM
6

Again?

So he's a Max Hardcore fan? Sick bastid.

Posted by CP | May 28, 2008 7:26 PM
7

Oh, that sucks! I have Jury Duty next week. I always get boring cases!

Posted by Chris in Tampa | May 29, 2008 2:29 AM

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