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Pastor Convicted of Money Laundering, Fraud, Prostitution

James Clark, former pastor of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church in Lubbock Texas was convicted of a variety of criminal charges.

The Lubbock pastor who forced a Kenyan exchange student into prostitution has also been found guilty of money laundering and fraud.

Christian Ministers Lead Training School Fraud

Charles Koen and Alex Brooks, ministers for Christian Hope Church in Chicago, Illinois ran a fictitious carpentry school scam that stole more than $2 million from banks and tax payers.

Charles Koen, a convicted felon and purported civil rights leader who runs United Front Inc. in the St. Louis area, and Alex Brooks are accused of running the sham training program to provide job skills in carpentry. Koen and Brooks identified themselves as ministers with Christian Hope Church, 7543 S. Aberdeen.

Presbyterian Pastor Pleads Guilty to Kiddy Porn

Robert D. Schmidtberger, former pastor of the Rose Point Reformed Presbyterian Church in Slippery Rock Township, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty this week to two counts of possession of child pornography.

State police filed the charges based on information provided by the America Online Internet service, which periodically reviews subscribers' e-mails. A review on March 12, 2005, detected three e-mails that included images that depicted child pornography.

Thanks to ExChristian.net for alerting us to the article.

Baptist Youth Minister Admits to Six Bank Heists

James G. Madison, youth minister at Christian Love Baptist Church in Irvington, New Jersey pleaded guilty to 6 bank robberies and acknowledged others.

Madison, who served time in prison for the murder of his girlfriend in the 80s - started committing the bank robberies soon after his release. At the same time, he volunteered as a youth minister in church and even contributed money.

"I, too, remain a college-educated man who still envisions the American Dream -- raising a family in my own home in the suburbs," Madison wrote to U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares. "I pray that this Court, Your Honor, does not preclude me from ever making that dream come true."

Usher Caught Stealing from Collection Basket, Not Unusual

Richard D. Sonia. long time usher at Corpus Christi Church in Newton Massachusetts, was caught stealing money from the churches collection baskets.

"They had him on film stuffing money in his pockets and in his socks," Newton police spokesman James O'Loughlin said. "It was kind of funny."

According to a survey of 177 Catholic dioceses conducted by the Villanova School of Business in 2006, such thefts are not unusual. Eighty-five percent of the dioceses surveyed had experienced a theft in the previous five years.

Pastor Admits to Sexual Assault

James Hatfield, former pastor of The Center of Life Church in Paw Paw Michigan, admitted to sexual assault of a girl at The Center of Life Church.

It was while he was a pastor there that authorities say he started abusing a girl that was in his care, abuse that began when the girl was in middle school, and continued through high school.

Baptist Minister Sentenced for Sexual Assault

Jerry Carver, formerly a minister at Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin Texas was sentenced today to 90 days in Prison followed by additional jail time.

Carver was accused of offering a ride to a teenager at a bus stop, taking him to a park and sexually assaulting him back in 2006. Investigators say he confessed to the sexual encounter.

Epsicopal Minister Sentenced for Sexual Assault

Jim Carlton Wooldridge, former minister of St. George's Episcopal Church, in Gatesville Texas and St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Lampasas Texas was sentenced today to three years in prison for sexual assault of a young boy.

Parents Convicted of Cruelty

The parents of two boys in the United Kingdom were found guilty on several counts of cruelty toward their two sons. The father would put pins through their tongues and lips and cut their mouths with razor blades. The mother watched and did nothing to protect the boys.

It was alleged the father told the boys he inflicted the injuries because God had his tongue cut off in the Bible.

The jury is still considering verdicts on three further counts of cruelty and will continue its deliberations on Wednesday.

Christian Priests Exchange Knuckle Sandwiches

I don't know how it is that I only came across this story today, but.... nearly a month ago on December 27th, priests from two different Christian sects who share responsibility for the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem got into a little dispute. Apparently, a ladder being used by one of the sects to clean the church crossed over a line that separates who cleans what. Any good Christian certainly knows what must come of such a horrific offense...

For a quarter of an hour bearded and robed priests laid into each other with fists, brooms and iron rods while the photographers who had come to take pictures of the annual cleaning ceremony recorded the whole event.

A dozen unarmed Palestinian policemen were sent to try to separate the priests, but two of them were also injured in the unholy melee.

Yup, that's right, they beat the holy crap out of each other, and Palestinian police had to break it up. I'm sure at some point one of the priests exclaimed something like, "WWJD? Shove this broom stick up your ass, that's what!"

Keep in mind, these weren't wannabe pseudo-Christians in a remote third world country that aren't all that familiar yet with Christ's teachings. No, these are THE priests responsible for maintaining THE church that sits atop THE birthplace of their supposed Lord and Savior. If anybody knows Christianity inside and out, these guys do. This is strong evidence to support the suspicion that the secret 11th Commandment truly is something like "Thou Shalt Physically Pummel Whomever Dost Offend Thee."

"But wait," you declare. "This is just a rare, unfortunate and isolated incident, right?" Wrong!

"As usual the cleaning of the church after Christmas is a cause of problems," Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarseh told AFP, adding that he has offered to help ease tensions.

As usual! I guess that explains why the priests needed to be separated to different parts of the church in the first place.

Baptist Pastor Charged with Setting Fire to Church

Dr. Joseph Howard, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Albany, New York, was arrested on Friday and charged with first degree arson, and is being held without bail. Investigators believe that Howard tried to burn down his church to collect on the insurance.

The Church and Reverend Howard were using federal grants to build low cost housing in a very controversial project in that neighborhood. Investigators say they continue to look into allegations that some of that money was misappropriated.

Thanks to ExChristian.net for bringing this story to our attention.

Christian Steals $5 Million from Employer

Jeffrey Grous, vice president and controller Conning Company in Hartford, Connecticut, was found guilty of embezzling more than $5,000,000 from his employer.

Grous was raised in a Christian fundamentalist family, where he learned that homosexuality was a sin, according to his therapist, Dr. Elliott Strick.

Yup, that family had their priorities straight. Drill into an impressionable child that being born gay is certainly far, far worse of an offense than stealing. No worries about permanent psychological trauma with that philosophy.

Ex-Pastor/Teacher Convicted of Sexual Assault

Paul Tuck, former pastor and teacher at the Mississauga Christian Academy in Ontario, Canada was convicted today of sexual assault of a 13-year-old student.

But Blacklock pointed to one particular revealing excerpt of a chat conversation in which Tuck asked the young girl to rate on a scale of one to 10 how "horny" she had been during an earlier encounter in school when he touched her bare thigh.

Catholic Deacon Faces Multiple Sexual Abuse Charges

Dan Paul Stallings, a former Catholic deacon, was charged on Tuesday with child sexual abuse and released on $20,000 bond. He was already facing charges of sexually abusing an underage female relative in the 1960's and 70's.

Police say Dan Paul Stallings was charged Tuesday with child sexual abuse after a second victim came forward alleging that she was abused in 1998 after an event at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Silver Spring. Police say the victim was 15 or 16 years old.