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Youth Pastor Watch

Texas:

A former Upshur County youth minister was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for aggravated sexual assault of a child, said Billy Byrd, Upshur County district attorney

Kevin Othell Laferney, former youth minister at the First Baptist Church in Glenwood, was scheduled for trial on May 12, Byrd said. Laferney, 41, changed his plea today and accepted a sentence of life in prison, he said.

Laferney was arrested in August 2006 on charges of sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. He was also charged with indecency with a 10-year-old child in another investigation.

Alaska:

Pleas of “not guilty” were entered in Kenai Superior Court on Monday on behalf of a 46-year-old Kenai church youth leader on charges ranging including sexual abuse of a minor, indecent exposure and possession of child pornography.

Kenai police arrested [Richard J.] Wagner on April 18, following an investigation by the Alaska Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force looking into child pornography. When task force members served a search warrant at Wagner’s Kenai residence, they seized multiple items including at least 20 pornographic videos on a computer.

The investigation revealed Wagner allowed at least two boys to spend the night at his residence unsupervised, according to Alaska State Troopers, and during police interviews, one of the boys told Kenai police of the alleged sexual abuse.

North Carolina:

More than 9,000 North Carolina license plates have been recalled because they begin with “XXX”—a common symbol for sexually explicit material. At least 1,015 of the plates were distributed before the recall went into effect….

A Winterville man returned his plate Thursday afternoon, after realizing in the parking lot that he was holding the suggestive prefix.

“I definitely don’t want XXX on there,” Blake Coghill said. “I’m a youth pastor.”

Comments (8)

1

My day is made.

Posted by plink | April 30, 2008 11:52 AM
2

Dan, This is getting way too easy......

Posted by art | April 30, 2008 11:59 AM
3

youth pastors co-op everything. i'm looking at you, christian rock. why xxx-treme christianity?!?!? i think he should rock those plates.

Posted by infrequent | April 30, 2008 12:09 PM
4

"co-opt"

Posted by infrequent | April 30, 2008 12:15 PM
5

So how many states does that make this year?

Posted by godsactionfigure | April 30, 2008 1:11 PM
6

Change them all to 666. That should raise a few hackles.

Posted by Vince | April 30, 2008 1:41 PM
7

Dammit, I want an XXX plate. I suppose if one requested one as a vanity plate, the bluenoses would turn it down.

Posted by Geni | April 30, 2008 3:04 PM
8

This proves Jesus isn't really the son of God! That everything in Christianity is a lie and that only secular humanists respect children and teenagers and refuse to use them for sex.

I'm quitting my church tomorrow!

Posted by Bob | April 30, 2008 6:28 PM

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