A couple is in jail, accused of bludgeoning a 13-month-old girl to death with a hammer.
According to the arrest report in Rusk County, in east Texas, 18-year-old Jessica Carson admitted to the Texas Rangers that she was present when her fiancee, 18-year-old Blaine Milam performed an exorcism on her baby. Carson said they thought the [...]
Entries from December 2008
Baby Killed During “Exorcism”
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · News
Tags: baby·couple·death·death penalty·exorcism·hammer·jail·killed·mother·murder·priest
Hosanna Suspect Booked In Rape
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · News
LIVINGSTON — Deputies booked one of the seven defendants in the Hosanna Church child molestation case on an unrelated aggravated rape count, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed Wednesday.
Allen R. Pierson of 27953 Red Oak Road in Livingston was booked in a case involving a juvenile victim, according to the District Attorney’s Office for the [...]
Tags: charges·children·church·Hosanna Church·life sentence·member·molestation·pastor·rape·sexual assault·victim
Love Valley Pastor Faces Fraud Charges
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · News
The pastor of a Love Valley area church faces 13 charges after authorities said he conned a church member into giving him money for real estate and a vehicle.
Jeffrey Lynn Lambert, 46, of Statesville is listed as the pastor of the Crossroads Gospel Church near Love Valley.
Lt. Stanley Watkins of the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office [...]
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Lansford Priest Accused Of Lewd Act At Nude NJ Beach
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · News
LANSFORD, Pa. - A Roman Catholic priest was charged with public lewdness at a nude beach in New Jersey over the summer, weeks before leaving his post at an eastern Pennsylvania church, a newspaper reported Thursday.
Parishioners at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Carbon County were told that Monsignor Lawrence J. Bukaty, 58, stepped down [...]
Tags: allegations·beach·Catholic·charges·church·fine·fondling·lewd·nude·priest·teacher
DPS Board Member and Pastor May Not Be Fit Parent
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · News
DETROIT — Almost nine months after six children were removed from his care for allegations of abuse and neglect, Detroit Public Schools board member Reverend David Murray has failed to persuade authorities he is fit to have them back.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Mark T. Slavens, who had made the youths temporary wards pending investigation of [...]
Tags: abuse·arrest·Church of God·court·judge·neglect·parent·pastor·reverend