This Week In Holy Crimes
Over the last seven days....
Delaware: 170 civil lawsuits filed in two years under the Child Victims Act, most against Catholic priests.
Wisconsin: Rev. Michael Hylton resigns after admitting bigamy. Hylton accepted numerous wedding gifts from his congregation without revealing he never divorced his first wife.
Ohio: Statewide Faith-Based and Community Initiative director Robert E. McFadden admits pimping a 16 year-old girl out on the internet.
Texas: Pastor Darrell Dunn accused of molesting two 14 year-olds.
Arkansas: The followers of jailed Pastor Tony Alamo charged with trafficking counterfeit goods.
California: Pastor Andrew Belant sentenced to 88 years for molesting four boys.
West Virginia: Pastor Sandy Martin Cook sued by four adults for molesting them in the 90's.
Jamaica: Pastor Donald Cook convicted of 30 counts of indecent assault.
Virginia: Pastor Daniel Silverman convicted of molesting 12 year-old girl.
Ottawa: Father James Jordan arrested for possession of kiddie porn.
This week's winner:
Utah: LDS seminary principal Michael Jay Pratt charged with having sex with 16 year-old student. Pratt is charged with multiple felony counts of aggravated kidnapping, unlawful sexual conduct, forcible sexual abuse, ten counts of forcible sodomy, one count of object rape, one count of lewdness, three counts of burglary, one count of criminal trespassing, one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and 10 counts of enticing a minor.
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