Convicted Bank Robber Found GUILTY of Falsely Accusing Four Different Catholic Priests of Abuse

The Media Report ^ | 10/13/13

[marshmallow]

Convicted bank robber Shamont Sapp has admitted in U.S. federal court that he falsely accused four different priests of sexually abusing him back in the 1970s.

Even though his crimes carry up to 25 years in prison, Sapp has negotiated a plea deal with prosecutors, and he will likely serve only 41 months, according to The Oregonian, one of only three media outlets to report this story.

Quite a character

We originally reported on the case of Sapp back in early February. While serving time in prison for ten bank robberies, Sapp not only drummed up four bogus abuse claims against Catholic priests, but he also filed a bizarre lawsuit alleging that Hollywood stars Jamie Foxx and Tyler Perry had stolen his idea for the lowbrow comedy film project Skank Robbers. (Thankfully, the movie never actually made it into production.)

Yet with regards to his attempted scam against the Catholic Church, Sapp found three of his targets by scouring old newspapers in search of priests who had already been publicly accused of abuse. He then filed lawsuits claiming that he too had been abused by those same priests.

[MrEdd]

Allegations proved to be false (as opposed to not enough evidence to convict) should bring the same penalty the accused faced.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Criminals will be criminals. Congress is getting ready to import millions of them in order to “fundamentally transform” America into Los Estados Bandidos. Hold on to your burrito! We’re in for a wild ride.

[GreyFriar]

false accusation ping

[NYer]

Ping!

[Deagle]

Hey, it’s that latest thing.. Can’t really blame them, they are just looking for a way out. The problem is that the media and law enforcement are also looking for that way out and they tend to take it whenever they can...

[TBP]

Ssssshhhhhh. Don’t let the media know.

[mlizzy]

Our priest was falsely accused over ten years ago, and the damage it does to a priest cannot be measured. He was a great priest, and ended up having a heart attack from the pain of it all, and retired earlier because of it.

We saw him recently, though, filling in for a priest on sabbatical, at his old parish. His accuser was never sent to prison, but he should have been. They all should. When you destroy the life of a good priest, it affects thousands of people.