Father Ralph Johnson - 15 Counts Of Molestation

New York: Father Ralph Elwood Johnson was arrested Friday at State Police Barracks in Gibson.

The 82-year old is charged with 15 counts each of Involuntary Deviate Sexual intercourse, Indecent Assault, and Corruption of a Minor. But this is not the first accusation of molestation.

Over the years, 2 other victims have come forward claiming they too were abused by the Episcopal Priest. Johnson is accused of having sex with a teenage boy nearly 20 years ago.

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In 2006, Johnson resigned from St. Paul's Church in Owego following a 5 month investigation into an allegation he molested a then 15-year old boy in the 70's.

SeaWorld Officials Should Be Put To Death

The American Family Assocociation...

"Bible ignored, trainer dies"

Chalk another death up to the ongoing failure of the West to take counsel on practical matters from the Scripture. If the counsel of the Judeo-Christian tradition had been followed, Tillikum would have been put out of everyone's misery back in 1991.

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Says the ancient civil code of Israel, "When an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner shall not be liable." (Exodus 21:28)

To use the example from Exodus, if your ox kills a second time, "the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death." (Exodus 21:29)

Child Porn Ministers

Florida: Police say a pair of Tampa ministers were downloading and trying to sell child pornography. Together, they face a combined 126 child porn charges.

One of the two men is being held with bail set at more than half-a-million dollars. That man, Eric Spandorf, bills himself online as a "teen counselor."  Spandorf is expected to face a judge Tuesday morning, following his arrest on 66 counts of having child porn and two counts of intending to distribute it.

Tampa Police arrested Spandorf's roommate, Robert Paul Primavera, on January 22. Investigators say he tried to sell an undercover officer eight discs containing child pornography videos.

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Both men told police they were pastors with a website called Biblical Ministries, which appears to be an online-only organization based in Tampa.

Pastor Charged With Molesting Two Boys

South Carolina: Pastor Arley Atchley was arrested Feb. 11 and charged with two counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

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Claredon County Sheriff Randy Garrett says investigators have reason to believe Atchley is behind the molestation of two boys, now 14 and 17 years old, over the last five years. Garrett confirms the boys were living at the Free Will Baptist Group Home for Children at the time of the alleged molestations. Atchley was employed with the home as a counselor.

Pastor Kleinpeter Pleads Guilty

California: A 51-year-old Lake Elsinore pastor accused of taking photos up the skirts of women while they shopped at southwest Riverside County department stores pleaded guilty Thursday.

John Albert Kleinpeter, of Murrieta, was convicted of one misdemeanor count of using a concealed camera to invade the privacy of another, court records show. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail, to be served on weekends, beginning in April, according to a Riverside County district attorney’s office news release. He also was placed on probation for three years.

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Kleinpeter is a registered sex offender listed on the state Department of Justice Megan’s Law Web site for a 1982 conviction in Orange County, according to the release.

Youth Leader Loves Kids

Mississippi: Stephen Brown, 37, a youth volunteer at Grace Independent Baptist Church was arrested this week on multiple counts of possession of child pornography.

Jackson County Sheriff’s investigators arrested Brown at his Glacier Avenue home following a search that resulted in the seizure of various items allegedly linking him to child pornography.

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Brown is charged with four counts of possession. He remained jailed Friday in Jackson County on a total bond of $1 million. If convicted of all the charges, he faces a maximum prison sentence of 80 years.

Pastor Charged With Molesting A Seven Year-Old

Texas: Pastor Hezekiah Stallworth, 74, of Palestine was arrested and charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, according to the sheriff.

“This particular incident involved a 7-year-old child that he fondled and touched inappropriately in a sexual manner.”

Stallworth has served as a pastor at both Oak Grove Baptist Church in Elkhart and Beulah Baptist Church just south of Palestine, according to the sheriff.

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Stallworth, whom authorities say has admitted to the offense, allegedly invited the child into his office by offering candy, according to the sheriff.