Every "caring and nuturing minister, child care provider, boy or girl scout leader, Priest, youth camp volunteer, and anyone else with daily, unsupervised care of children" should be suspect, and subject to some kind of monitoring. This crap hs gone on far too long.
"To get a deal like this...I can't help wondering if the creep's attorney tried a "It was just about sex" approach. "
Or, more likely, he was told that should he go to trial and lose, he would get 25, 50, life, whatever. Would you plead to this or "do you feel lucky, Punk? Well do ya?"
I have stated on this forum before that I helped represent a fella that was charged with assaultand robbery with priors. He was offered 2.5 years. He had an almost...ALMOST solid defense but since he had priors and was a Dirty Dozen gang member, he took the plea.
His defense?? He had just gotten out of intensive care with a massive heart attack the day before.
As a MI survivor, I can state that no one can get out of the hospital and the next day beat up a 6'+ biker and his girl friend, and carry a washer and dryer (the robbery stash) down a flight of stairs.