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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… California: Pastor Robert Cowen sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for molesting two pre-teen sisters under the guise of Bible instruction.Arizona: Pastor Christopher Furey charged with multiple felony counts of child molestation.North Carolina: Pastor Darryl Todd charged with multiple felony counts of statutory rape of a 14 year old girl.Pennsylvania: Father Felix Owino …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Israel: Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira arrested for incitement to kill non-Jews.Arkansas: Pastor Joshua Wilson arrested in prostitution sting.New York: Convicted child molester Rabbi Baruch Leibovits demands and gets special kosher meals in prison.New York: Father Thomas Kresier resigns in embezzlement scandal.Virginia: Pastor James Bolton arrested for statutory rape.Ontario: Father Kenneth O’Keefe arrested for child molestation.British Columbia: …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Missouri: Pastor Charles Moore charged with molesting a nine year-old girl.Illinois: Pastor Bill Vandergraph charged with sexual assault on a child.Ottawa: Father William Allen charged with molesting two boys.Washington: Pastor James Lee Watkins charged with forcible rape of a child.South Carolina: Pastor Delbert Thigpen charged with lewd assault on a minor.West Virginia: Father Felix Owino …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Florida: Pastor Shelly Hall arrested for stalking his replacement. It is his second stalking arrest.Indiana: Pastor William Lee Porter charged with five felony counts of child seduction. Porter, 53, is his church’s youth pastor.New York: Rabbi Michoel Streicher sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $36K from a woman he told he would buy …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Italy: Father Pierino Gelmini charged with molesting twelve underage boys.Wisconsin: Pastor Travis Gandy arrested twice in one week for two separate sexual assaults on children.Florida: Imam Yasser Mohamed Shahade pleads guilty to child molestation.Michigan: Four Christian activists arrested for disorderly conduct after attempting to convert Muslims at the International Arab Festival.Michigan: Pastor Christopher Settlemoir charged …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Illinois: Pastor Christian J. Johnson and his wife arrested for car theft and meth possession.Maryland: Pentecostal Bishop Roan Samuel Faulkner arrested for sexually assaulting a female parishioner.Canada: Bishop Raymond Lahey set to begin trial for possession of child pornography. Lahey has also been accused of molesting an orphan boy in his care.New York: Pastor Phillip …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… New Jersey: Pastor Moises Cotto charged with forcing two underage girls to videotape him having sex with a female parishioner.New York: Youth Bible teacher Samuel W. Langley arrested for molesting a five year-old girl.Texas: Pastor Mark Stewart arrested for shooting another pastor over a construction contract dispute.Australia: Archbishop Philip Wilson accused of covering up crimes …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Kentucky: Pastor Jody Dewain Lusk faces life in prison over new federal charges of raping a 13 year-old girl. Lusk began serving 20 years in prison last month after being convicted of six counts of child rape by the state.Virginia: Pastor Jeremy Duffer sentenced to 17 years in prison for molesting two girls.California: Sunday school …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Virginia: Pastor Tommy Shelton charged with seven felony counts of child molestation.Texas: Pastor Rico Dominic Escudero pleads no contest to numerous felony charges of kidnapping, child molestation, and criminal sexual conduct with minors under 13 years old.Italy: Seventeen molestation victims of Father Lelio Cantini demand his bishops resign for shielding him from prosecution.Arkansas: Christian school …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Ohio: Pastor James A. Blaine charged with embezzling more than $100K from his church.California: Pastor Jeffrey Allen Waisner sentenced to three years in prison for sex with a 14 year-old girl.Texas: Pastor Jerod Rost charged with felony assault on a 13 year-old boy over a football argument between the boy and Rost’s son.Washington: Pastor Michael …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Maryland: Pastor Jerry Darnell Bartley charged with molesting a 13 year old boy.Maine: Pastor Colin Haag and his wife arrested for kidnapping his wife’s children from their biological father.Wisconsin: The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has filed a 55-page lawsuit against the Pope for shielding the crimes of pedophile priests.Tennessee: Father Bill …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Kentucky: Pastor Prince Wilbert Woolfolk sentenced to 20 years for raping a teenage girl.Virginia: Presbyterian missionary Eun Tae Lee charged with embezzling $700K from his church.Massachusetts: Father William Ventura busted in Craigslist prostitution sting.New York: Rabbi Baruch Lebovits sentenced to 10-32 years in prison for molesting teenage boy.Colorado: Father Paul Montez accused of stalking teenage …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Vermont: Pastor David Heckman pleads guilty to stealing $110K from Habitat For Humanity.Florida: Youth Pastor Cecil Wayne Seay charged with sending obscene text messages to 14 year old girl.Alabama: Pastor Anthony Hopkins on trial for murdering his wife and storing her body in a freezer for four years.Florida: Catholic Diocese of Orlando pays undisclosed settlement …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Alabama: Pastor Bertha Wright arrested on 16 felony counts of Oxycontin prescription fraud.Texas: Pastor Lester Cody pleads no contest to sexually assaulting a minor.Texas: Youth Pastor Matthew Overstreet charged with sexually assaulting a minor.Missouri: Father Patrick Grady pleads guilty to possession of child porn and trying to buy sex from a female minor.Illinois: Deacon George …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Texas: Pastor Dean Richard Tarkington found guilty of possession of child porn.Kentucky: Pastor Alonzo Bradley arrested for torturing his wife by “beating and burning her with implements.”West Virginia: Pastor Johnny Ray Dempsey pleads guilty to incest and sexual abuse by a parent.Florida: Rev. John C. Spinks charged with possession and distribution of child porn.Maryland: Father …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Pennsylvania: Pastor Thomas Croyle charged with embezzling $83K from church charity.Florida: Youth Pastor Eric Spandorf busted for selling child pornography.Alabama: Pastor William Curtin busted in prostitution sting.Nebraska: Youth Pastor Mark Hild arrested for sexual assault on 11 year-old girl.Colorado: Pastor Loren Ankarlo arrested in $750K securities fraud scheme.New York: Rabbi Baruch Lebovits begins trial on …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Texas: Pastor Hezekiah Stallwork charged with molesting a seven year-old girl. Other victims are expected to come forward.Mississippi: Youth pastor Stephen Brown charged with multiples counts of possessing child pornography.Louisiana: Pastor Joseph Jones charged with multiple felony counts of dumping untreated human sewage from the six subdivisions he manages.New York: Rabbi Milton Balkany charged with …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Pennsylvania: Father James Shimsky busted in cocaine buy.Michigan: Pastor Russel Schaller charged with six counts of child molestation.Pennsylvania: Pastor Phil Marmon sentenced to prison for propositioning a child over the internet.Illinois: Pastor Mark List charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child.Vancouver: Youth Pastor Brad Firth still on Anglican payroll after child molestation conviction.Virginia: …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… California: Pastor Martin Richter arrested for sexually assaulting a 13 year-old girl. There may be other victims.New Jersey: Pastor Gregor Woodcuff arrested on multiple counts of sexually assaulting an underage girl.Minnesota: Pastor John Erbele pleads guilty to soliciting prostitution.New York: Pastor Humberto Cruz convicted on ten counts of child molestation.Delaware: Pastors Jamaar and Rhonda Manlove …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Wisconsin: Father Robert Chukwu arrested for embezzling $200K from his diocese.Israel: Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira arrested for firebombing a West Bank mosque.Texas: Pastor James Dixon arrested for beating his wife.Kentucky: Pastor John Wayne Diehl arrested for child molestation.Connecticut: Pastor Troy Grant charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault on minors.Colorado: Pastor Isaac Aryee charged with …

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