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  • Pastor Escapes Jail Time for Sex Crimes Against Teens, Will Remain As Pastor Despite ‘Sex Offender’ Status

    05/23/2024 12:33:35 PM PDT · by Morgana · 43 replies
    Protestia ^ | May 23, 2024 | staff
    A Las Vegas judge sentenced Pastor Bobby Cornelius Smith of New Beginnings Ministries Church of God in Christ to one year of probation on Monday, the result of a plea deal that will see the disgraced pastor avoid jail time but have to register as a sex offender. Despite this grotesque development, Smith was not run out of the church or made to resign, but instead will remain the pastor. According to KLAS: A grand jury previously indicted Smith for 11 felony charges, including nine counts of sexual assault, one count of attempted sexual assault, and one count of child...
  • Additional Charges Filed Against Two Men for Springfield Church Arson

    05/13/2010 6:54:05 PM PDT · by Cindy · 5 replies · 306+ views
    Note: The following text is a quote: Additional Charges Filed Against Two Men for Springfield Church Arson Presidential Election Sparked Hate Crime SPRINGFIELD, MA—Additional criminal charges were filed today against two Springfield men in relation to the burning of a Springfield church on November 5, 2008. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division; Glenn N. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Boston Field Division; Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston...
  • Lawsuit accuses pastor of abuse

    02/12/2007 8:09:33 PM PST · by siunevada · 15 replies · 344+ views
    Fory Worth Star Telegram ^ | February 10, 2007 | Melody McDonald
    FORT WORTH - She believed he was a prophet, a man who received instructions from God. Because of that, Davina Kelly said, she thought the punishment administered by the Rev. Sherman Clifton Allen was justified. Kelly said Allen began paddling her -- first with pants on, and later with them off -- for not reading assigned Scriptures or for disobeying orders. Later, she said, Allen made her exercise to the point of exhaustion, running laps around the church sanctuary or doing lunges across the living room of his Mansfield home. Finally, she said, the abuse turned sexual. "There are certain...