Posted on 06/23/2006 7:57:23 AM PDT by aculeus
A gay couple found guilty of sexually abusing boys placed in their foster care have been sentenced to a total of 11 years in jail.
Ian Wathey, 41, and his partner Craig Faunch, 32, were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court last month of a series of sex offences against young boys.
Wathey has been sentenced to five years and Faunch has been sentenced to six. The sentences begin immediately.
Judge Sally Cahill QC said neither of the men had shown "empathy, remorse or any responsibility for their actions".
The pair were approved as foster carers by Wakefield Council in July 2003, but within months they were using the boys from troubled homes for their own sexual gratification, the court was told.
Faunch was found guilty of two charges of making indecent photos of a child. The court was told that he used a camcorder to film two naked eight-year-old boys in the shower.
He was also found guilty of five counts of sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy.
Wathey was found guilty of four charges of sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy.
Wathey was also found guilty of encouraging a child to watch sexual activity.
He was cleared of two charges of sexual activity with a child by the jury.
Referring to Faunch's abuse of a 14-year-old boy, Judge Cahill said: "You, Craig Faunch, chose to victimise and abuse that boy, showing the very depths in my view of what you are prepared to do.
"You saw him as the ideal victim. You are presented as a couple but this is not about homosexuality, it is about abuse of trust."
The couple, of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, were found guilty of the charges following a two-week trial.
Well... duh! Go figure. If we let the Elephant into the peanut factory, is he not expected to eat the peanuts?
Told you so! Told you so! Nah natty nah nya!
Letting homosexuals adopt is a horrible idea from the standpoint of not having a mother and father.
Letting homosexual men adopt little boys is just criminal.
Under the "No Kidding" category of How to Destroy a Child.
It's not about homosexuality??? Who is he trying to kid? What absurdity!
Paging Jack Bauer to bring about some justice!
Paging Jack Bauer!
Seriously though, this is just horrible. How many lives have these two perverts damaged with their actions? :*(
Judge Sally Cahill QC said neither of the men had shown "empathy, remorse or any responsibility for their actions".
I wouldnt expect them to show remorse. This is just normal behavior for these immoral pigs.
I never saw this coming !! I'm stunned
I, for one, am tired of hearing the word "partner". Why don't they just call them "lover"? The meaning of "partner" has definitey changed.
I much prefer we call them "Butt Buddies"!!
Those suffering a sexual disorder engaged in sexually disordered activity -how odd?
/end sarcasm
Exposed: Homosexual Child Molesters
EXCERPT:
Homosexuals claim that “heterosexuals” molest most children but statistics show that homosexuals molest at far higher rates than do heterosexuals.
Is there something missing from that photo?
The homos know they have to have such opportunities in society 'cause we all know that 2 homos can't biologically create another homo. 'NUFF SAID!!
GTFO! I'm floored, shocked and amazed...and stuned too!
And the bigger problem here is that less than 5% of the molestation/rape cases of young boys by homos ever get reported. The other 95% are so embarrassed and disgusted by the perverting event they just keep it to themselves, sometimes for their rest of their lives. The queers know their chances of ever getting reported are extremely remote at best.
Sad but expected.
imagine that... A mentally ill sexual deviant abused the kids he had control over....
who would of thought !
*rolls eyes*
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