This Week In Holy Crimes
Over the last seven days...
New Jersey: Pastor Moises Cotto charged with forcing two underage girls to videotape him having sex with a female parishioner.
New York: Youth Bible teacher Samuel W. Langley arrested for molesting a five year-old girl.
Texas: Pastor Mark Stewart arrested for shooting another pastor over a construction contract dispute.
Australia: Archbishop Philip Wilson accused of covering up crimes of pedophile priests.
Illinois: Pastor Howard Richmond arrested for swindling $475K from parishioners.
Missouri: Youth Pastor Jason A. Phillips charged with sexual assault on female minor.
Indiana: Youth Pastor Johnny Eugene Butler charged with multiple counts of sexual misconduct with a female minor.
New York: Father James J. McDevitt pleads guilty to two counts of molesting boys.
Missouri: Pastor Danny O'Guin charged with multiple felony counts of defrauding elderly parishioners.
Texas: Pastor Cornelius Hudson accused of defrauding an elderly couple out of their home.
Massachusetts: Bishops Joseph F. Maguire and Thomas L Dupre will be sued in civil court for their roles in shielding a now convicted pedophile priest. Dupre has been been accused of child molestation as well.
This Week's Winner
Brazil: Father Marcin Strachanowski has been charged with running a "pedophile dungeon" where he organized orgies with underage boys. One victim, who reports having been handcuffed to the priest's bed, says Strachanowski warned him that if the police were notified, "I already know the flowers I will place on your coffin." The Archdiocese of Rio has expressed its "regret."
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