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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Missouri: Pastor Lloyd Sartain arrested on federal weapons charges.California: Lawyers for Father Antonio Cortes ask court to suppress evidence of child porn found on his laptop, which included tens of thousands of images of boys as young as six.Florida: Pastor Dieugrand Jacques arrested for sexual battery of a teenage girl.Texas: Pastor Dean Tarkington arrested for …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days…California: Pastor Anthony Garduno arrested for dealing crystal meth. Garduno was a Catholic priest until he was booted for “inappropriate sexual contact” with a male parishioner. He may also face gun and sexual assault charges.Ireland: The Irish Independent calls on Bishop Martin Drennan to resign over accusations he helped cloak the crimes of pedophile priests. The …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… North Carolina: Pastor Harley Michael Keough charged with six counts of sexual battery on female parishioners.Ohio: Father Patrick O’Connor pleads guilty to sexual assault on a minor.Louisiana: Pastor Martin Denesse pleads guilty to 186 felony counts of fraud for stealing $1.3M from Katrina victims who thought they were buying emergency FEMA trailers.Ireland: Father Thomas Naughton …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days…Arkansas: Pastor Shane Montgomery resigns after confessing to sex with underage boy he met online.Florida: Rev. Gatson Smith convicted for stealing county grant money intended for the poor of Liberty City, Miami’s most destitute neighborhood.England: Father Paul Symonds arrested for molesting a boy in the 1970s.British Columbia: Pastor Larry Robert Collins sentenced to 15 months in …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… North Carolina: Pastor Robert Adams arrested in camouflage gear after weeks on the lam from authorities after sexually assaulting a five year old child. Adams’ wife has also been arrested for convincing the child to have sex with her husband.England: Rabbi Baruch Chalomish convicted of cocaine possession. Chalmoish, a multimillionaire, was acquitted on other charges …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days…Alabama: Pastor Ralph Lee Aaron charged with 152 counts of sodomy, sexual abuse, sexual torture and possession of obscene matter involving children.Manitoba: Pastor Raju Madanu pleads guilty to stealing church donations meant for an orphanage.Missouri: Youth Pastor Michael Joy arrested for aggravated indecent solicitation of pre-teen child. Bonus: Joy was employed by the church despite spending …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Texas: Pastor Tomas Gonzales sentenced to 15 years for molesting five year-old girl.Uganda: Pastor Obiri Kojo Yeboah arrested for fraud for wearing a hidden electrical device to deceive parishioners into thinking his touch was slaying them in the Lord. Bonus: The Pentacostal Church is outraged at faked miracle healing.New Jersey: Father Michael Fugee removed by …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Alabama: Pastor Simon Bussie arrested for sodomizing 11 year-old girl. Bussie was in the charge of the church’s day care center.North Carolina: Pastor Robert Lee Adams Reaves convicted of murdering a 21 year-old woman. According to testimony, Reaves stabbed the woman dozens of times because she was dating a man that Reaves was interested in.New …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days…California: Pastor Jose Campoverde charged with molesting four girls living in church housing for needy families.England: Father David Pearce confesses to sexually assaulting five underage boys.Ohio: Pastor Joshua O’Bannion accused of molestation by two girls who came forward after O’Bannion was arrested in Arizona on the same charge.Alabama: Pastor Curtis Willis shot and killed by police …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days…South Carolina: Pastor John David Helmuth busted in internet sting for trying to meet what he thought was a 13 year-old girl for sex.Connecticut: Rev. Iura Godenciuc charged with defrauding school district of $76K.New York: Father William Blasingame pleads guilty to stealing $86K from his diocese for plastic surgery and botox. Linked photo proves he did …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… California: Pastor Jessica Banks sentenced to life in prison for physically and sexually abusing her five adopted daughters.Illinois: Jung Hee Chang charged with trespassing for refusing the leave the home of a woman who did not want her soul prayed for.Ohio: Pastor Dale Griffin charged with six counts of raping a parishioner.California: Pastor Lonnie McGowan …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days….California: Pastor James Ray Guerrero charged with molesting “two young relatives” beginning when the boys were 11 years old.Italy: A yearlong Associated Press inquiry uncovers 235 male victims of priest molestation.Connecticut: Father Michael Jude Fay dies in prison 18 months after being convicted of stealing $1.3 million from his congregation. Fay spent the money on luxury …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Minnesota: Pastor John Kameron Erbele busted in prostitution sting.Nevada: Pastor Ladislao Morales charged with molesting a 10 year-old girl.Florida: Pastor Robert Riddle charged with defrauding his church of $200K. Riddle was previously convicted of stealing $70K from a 91 year-old congregant.Wisconsin: Father James Blume charged with sexually assaulting a 12 year-old boy in 1978. Blume …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… New York: Pastor Victor Figueroa sued for $30M for sexually assaulting congregant.Alabama: Pastor John Picard convicted of 42 counts of sexual battery of six women.Ontario: Father Bernard Prince defrocked by the Vatican for his conviction for molesting 13 boys.Virginia: Pastor Gregory Biehl pleads guilty to possession of kiddie porn. Biehl was formerly convicted of climbing …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… California: Pastor E. Joshua Sims arrested for embezzling $800K from his church.Nebraska: Pastor Efrain Umana arrested for sexually assaulting a 14 year-old girl. Umana has “numerous prior arrests” for similar crimes.North Carolina: Rabbi David Alan Stein sentenced to three years probation for eight counts of having sex with an underage student.Tennessee: Pastor William Charles Lohn …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days…Ohio: Pastor Dwight Smith charged with hiring a prostitute.Alabama: Pastor John Picard charge with 42 counts of sexual battery on parishioners.Virginia: Pastor John Duffer charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor.New Jersey: Pastor Robert Carlino confesses to possession of child pornography.Texas: Pastor Matthew Wood resigns after being accused of sexually cyber-stalking a parishioner.Ghana: Pastor Kwame …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Florida: Pastor Bernard LeCorn charged with grand theft, uttering a false instrument, forgery and exploitation of the elderly.Connecticut: Father Michael Fadden claims that Bishop William Lori threatened to send him to a nuns’ convent after Fadden helped expose another priest who had embezzled $1M.Tennessee: Lawyers for Pastor John McCarroll claim that his arrest for indecent …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days….South Carolina: Pastor Ronald Jones arrested for sexual misconduct with a child. Jones has prior convictions.Minnesota: Pastor Arthur Ree charged with sexual assault on a minor. Bonus: Ree is 82.Missouri: Father James P. Grady slammed with federal charge of recruiting a minor for a commercial sex act. Unusual: The minor is female.South Carolina: Pastor Marion Leon …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days….Indiana: Pastor Bernard Squires indicted for distributing child pornography.New York: Pastor Samuel Solanky charged with defrauding investors of over $2M. Some of those Solanky ripped off knew him from his TV ministry.California: Father Denis Lyons charged with four felony counts of lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 14. Lyons was charged with similar …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Florida: Pastor Samuel Darin Taylor charged with defrauding his church of over $250K.New York: Father James J. McDevitt charged with the sexual abuse of six boys.Russia: U.S.-based Pastor Hio Sun Pak jailed for 18 months for bribing immigration officials to overlook illegal Chinese labor used to build his church.Florida: Pastor Donnell Dewitt Williams charged with …

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