Archive for October, 2008

October 31, 2008 / News

Schuylkill County Pastor Charged In Assaults On Girl, 14

Schuylkill County Pastor Charged In Assaults On Girl, 14

A pastor at two Schuylkill County churches was arrested Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, state police said.The Rev. Alan R. Sienkiewicz, whose age and address were not av

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October 30, 2008 / News

Former Prosecutor/Youth Worker Charged With Corrupting Minors

Former Prosecutor/Youth Worker Charged With Corrupting Minors

[caption id="attachment_179" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Anthony Cappuccio"][/caption] A former Bucks County prosecutor who resigned one day after police discovered him half-dressed in

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October 30, 2008 / News

South Austin Pastor Guilty Of Molestation

South Austin Pastor Guilty Of Molestation

[caption id="attachment_176" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Rodolfo Sosa"][/caption] After deliberating for more than three hours, a Travis County jury this afternoon found a former South

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October 30, 2008 / News

Priest Caught With Pot Gets No Jail Time

Priest Caught With Pot Gets No Jail Time

[caption id="attachment_173" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Father James Edward OConner"][/caption] CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A South Charleston priest and a former drug counselor have avoided

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October 30, 2008 / News

Accusations Of Sex Abuse Ring At Church

Accusations Of Sex Abuse Ring At Church

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Detectives said there were more victims and more than a dozen new suspects worldwide in a suspected sex abuse ring operating out of a former Northeast Portland church. Police thin

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October 30, 2008 / News

Preacher, Bail Bondsman, and Heroin Trafficker All In One

Preacher, Bail Bondsman, and Heroin Trafficker All In One

[caption id="attachment_167" align="alignright" width="146" caption="Robert McQueen"][/caption] Fayetteville police were told the man known as Preacher didn’t sell heroin on Sundays, at least not

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October 30, 2008 / News

Brownsville Bishop Is Charged With Tax Fraud

Brownsville Bishop Is Charged With Tax Fraud

A Brownsville bishop was arrested Tuesday, authorities said, on charges he illegally bought a Mercedes Benz for a parishioner who is accused of making money through a prescription fraud ring. W

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October 30, 2008 / News

Six Officers Present When Pastor's Wife Was Arrested

Six Officers Present When Pastor’s Wife Was Arrested

A provincial judge pointed out Monday that a fender bender investigation which climaxed with a Feeney warrant and the presence of six police officers to arrest a pastor’s wife has gotten a little ou

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October 30, 2008 / News

Methodist Minister Arrested After Punching Student

Methodist Minister Arrested After Punching Student

[caption id="attachment_152" align="alignright" width="176" caption="(Not the actual minister)"][/caption] A METHODIST church minister and a secondary school teacher accused of punching a school stud

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October 25, 2008 / News

Married Methodist Lesbian Gets Extraordinary Ordination

Married Methodist Lesbian Gets Extraordinary Ordination

[caption id="attachment_149" align="alignright" width="188" caption="Annie Britton (left) prays with her sponsor, the Rev. Jonathan Almond, before her ordination. (Baltimore Sun photo by Kenneth K. La

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