Posted on 03/07/2021 3:05:18 PM PST by ransomnote
BOISE – Michael Robert Gorley, 29, of Filer, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 292 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Gorley to serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Gorley pleaded guilty to the charge on May 12, 2020.
According to court records, Gorley admitted to communicating with an individual on Kik Messenger on June 3 and 4, 2019 regarding the exchange of sexually explicit images of children. Unbeknownst to Gorley, the person he was communicating with was an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) task force officer from Washington D.C. During those communications, Gorley sent the undercover agent several photographs depicting Gorley and a 4-year-old child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
According to court records, FBI in Washington D.C. identified an IP address used by Gorley as located in Gooding, Idaho, and forwarded the information to FBI in Boise. FBI in Boise began investigating on June 5, 2019 and identified Gorley as the individual who sent the images. On June 6, 2019, FBI contacted Gorley at his residence in Filer, and Gorley admitted that he had produced the sexually explicit images with the 4-year-old child using his cell phone, and then sent the images to another individual over the internet.
As a result of his conviction, Gorley will be required to register as a sex offender. Judge Nye also ordered the forfeiture of the cell phone used in the commission of the offense.
This case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from Gooding County Sheriff’s Office, Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office, and the Filer Police Department.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
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"According to court records, Gorley admitted to communicating with an individual on Kik Messenger on June 3 and 4, 2019 regarding the exchange of sexually explicit images of children. Unbeknownst to Gorley, the person he was communicating with was an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) task force officer from Washington D.C. During those communications, Gorley sent the undercover agent several photographs depicting Gorley and a 4-year-old child engaged in sexually explicit conduct."
There are less sentences for murder.
Several photos of a “depiction” (what ever that it— it doesn’t sound like an actual act), and it’s a life sentence. 29 year old gets out at 53. No way to recover from that.
There are less sentences for murder.
Several photos of a “depiction” (what ever that it— it doesn’t sound like an actual act), and it’s a life sentence. 29 year old gets out at 53. No way to recover from that.
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There should be stronger sentences for murder. Sexually explicit images of a 4 year old? He’s evil and will continue to exploit children. His kind of evil has already likely impacted children in unknown ways and he’s just getting started - the malignancy grows. Someone who finds 4 years olds “sexually” interesting is not garden variety ‘bad’, he much much worse.
Both are evil. I get it.
Are we saying there is no way to rehab? Not even an attempt? 24 on a plea seems way too high.
Are we saying there is no way to rehab? Not even an attempt? 24 on a plea seems way too high.
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Sexual perversion toward children does not respond to therapy. The psychology industry moved pedophilia out of the category of “loves and commits evil” where it belongs into the category of “sick and can’t help himself” where it tries to garner sympathy and deflect blame from monsters.
They are not cured because they don’t want to be cured. So it’s not worth an attempt. Those kinds learn to talk the talk to sound ‘reformed’ in order to get out and start preying on children again ASAP.
Are we saying there is no way to rehab? Not even an attempt? 24 on a plea seems way too high.
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Sexual perversion toward children does not respond to therapy. The psychology industry moved pedophilia out of the category of “loves and commits evil” where it belongs into the category of “sick and can’t help himself” where it tries to garner sympathy and deflect blame from monsters.
They are not cured because they don’t want to be cured. So it’s not worth an attempt. Those kinds learn to talk the talk to sound ‘reformed’ in order to get out and start preying on children again ASAP.
Source? I know 2 who have responded. One is in ministry to help men with this condition.
Maybe it is the treatment that is wrong.
Pessimism about pedophilia. There is no cure, so the focus is on protecting children. Pedophilia, the sexual attraction to children who have not yet reached puberty, remains a vexing challenge for clinicians and public officials. Classified as a paraphilia, an abnormal sexual behavior, researchers have found no effective treatment.
They choose evil. They revel in it. That's why they aren't treatable. They want what they want and they will feign "recovery" to get more of it.
Took me a while to go through that. A secular view that seeks to control behavior, got it.
The massive hole in the theory is the total lack of discussion of how pedophilia, once celebrated in Greco-Roman cultures, was dealt with when Christian Integration was accomplished. It is interesting that the two competing ideas actually had different names to describe pedophilic relationships. The Roman term retained a sense of love, while the Christian term denoted destruction/destructive behavior.
Another interesting thing is there is an absolute absence of written “how to” bring a new convert out of pedophilia; leaving several theories. The primary one being is they just stopped or were removed from the assembly until they had a change of heart (true repentance).
My source is “The Christian and Pedophilia: Applying Biblical Counseling to Christians Struggling with Pedophilia,” a doctoral thesis by Benjamin W Marshall at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He admits there is a dearth written on the topic from a Christian point of view, but his thesis is noteworthy, a very interesting read.
I ignore tomes which pose pedophilia as a cultural norm or “difference” as useless and counter productive.
Stats on released pedophiles show re-offending despite treatment.
So if there is a spiritual success rate not spoken of, then I regard time in prison the natural consequence for evil actions that cannot/should not be dispensed with, but that spiritual revival while in prison, among pedophiles is to be cultivated. Forgiveness of sin, grace, is treasured - but it is not a ‘get out of jail’ card. Actions have consequences.
Agreed, there has to be prison. That was never my proposition.
But dismissing other treatments because it doesn’t fit into the DSM-V, particularly when there is historical precedent is just as counter productive.
The end-game should be a safer society and rehabilitation, if possible. I just can’t see justice in throwing a 29 year old into prison for most of his natural life over this, with no priors.
Agreed, there has to be prison. That was never my proposition.
But dismissing other treatments because it doesn’t fit into the DSM-V, particularly when there is historical precedent is just as counter productive.
The end-game should be a safer society and rehabilitation, if possible. I just can’t see justice in throwing a 29 year old into prison for most of his natural life over this, with no priors.
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No priors doesn’t mean no victims. Either we haven’t heard of them or we’re not counting the “business he sold photos/images to, the children he photographed, the businesses he supported by downloading. He supported the industry of pedophelia until he got caught and stopped. It’s not like he turned his life around. The only thing that stopped him was arrest.
He needs to stay in jail or he’ll resume re-offending. He’s likely to have a better life there than victims of his perversions that he either directly or indirectly supported, and theirs are often life sentences, and decline in quality of life, shortened health/life span, history of abusive relationships and trauma etc. etc.
My compassion and concern going forward is for his victims. He needs to learn to cope with how his life decisions bought him a life-span of jail, and maybe spend some time realizing how he is toxic to society.
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