Extremist Idaho Deacon Gets Two Years For Child Porn

February 9, 2023 Christianists, Extremists

Big Country News reports:

A former deacon for Moscow’s Christ Church has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. Alex Lloyd was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene this week. Judge Lynn Winmill handed down the sentence and ordered Lloyd to pay $5,000 in restitution and placed him on probation for 20 years. He was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in April 2022.

The Idaho Statesman reports:

On Jan. 11, 2022 police searched Lloyd’s residence and he admitted to possessing child pornography on his iPhone. He also admitted to trading the pornography in messaging groups. He was indicted in federal court April 19. Five days before Lloyd was indicted, on April 14, his name and photo were removed from Christ Church’s leadership webpage.

Last year Christ Church issued a statement:

With regard to the criminal charges that were filed, to which Alex has pled not guilty, we are content to let the court do its work. With regard to the other surrounding sins by which Alex disqualified himself, humiliated his family, and embarrassed his church, he has sought our forgiveness and we have extended it. We regard this tragic episode as one more casualty in the unconscionable pornification of our culture.

Via Wikipedia:

Christ Church is a Calvinist church in Moscow, Idaho, pastored by Douglas Wilson, and a member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. The congregation has received international coverage for its views, which include advocating for a theocracy, its pastor’s defense of slavery, and his teachings using the terms to “conquer” women and make them “surrender” to the supposed superiority of men.

The church has drawn attention for its vocal opposition, and active resistance to federal and local restrictions meant to halt the spread of COVID-19. The church’s leader, Douglas Wilson, has posted on his blog and on YouTube to call on his followers to “resist openly, in concert with any others in your same position”, which he said would constitute “an example of a free people refusing to go along with their own enslavement”

The full entry is just insane.



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