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Posted on 05/08/2010 11:05:33 AM PDT by csvset
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- A Greenville church administrator is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl while the teen was a guest in his home last year.
Dantae Stukes, 29, is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor. The arrest warrant states that between March 1 and May 30, 2009, Stukes convinced the victim to "allow him to engage in sexual intercourse with her in an effort for him to show her what to expect from her boyfriend in the future."
Sgt. Jason Rampey with the Greenville Police Department said the teenager was staying with the Stukes family while her parents were out of town.
"At the time that this happened, she was 14 years of age and that is not the age of consent," Rampey said.
Rampey said the teenager waited nearly a year to report what happened to police.
"In many cases, as in this case, when something like this happens, the victim thinks that they've done something wrong and they are afraid to speak to their parents or teachers or guardian about that," he said.
Last month, on April 13, the teen was at the emergency room for an unrelated incident. That's when police say she reported the sexual assault involving Stukes.
"It's very serious when you think of a person who is a custodian, a person of authority that you entrust your child to stay with in their home," Rampey told WYFF. "It's very concerning that this person would take advantage of this victim."
Greenville attorney Karl Allen is representing Stukes. Allen issued this statement to WYFF:
"Mr. Stukes is an upstanding citizen. The allegations, in our opinion, are not credible and are very old. He looks forward to demonstrating his innocence in a court of law."
“Mr. Stukes is an upstanding citizen.” Well, part of him anyway.
Practice sex is what they do at Publik Skools... I guess.
This guy hasn’t been taken out and shot yet?
I guess it is like “experimenting” with drugs
“Did you just call me a disgusting pig and then proceed to imply that I don’t have a problem with child molestation?”
No, I called the church leader a disgusting pig. “This guy” refers to the article, not you.
You exclaimed no revulsion for the act, instead whined about what would have happened if he was a Catholic priest.
I’m glad you get the point that it is more relevant that what the guy did is disgusting, rather than whether or not he was a Catholic priest and everyone surrounding the reporting of the story is Anti-Catholic.
Not a lot because the Catholic church would have hidden the issue by moving the priest around between parishes, and it would have been suppressed for 20 years at which time it would have been dismissed as "old news"...
How about we wait to string him up after he is proven guilty.
It's basically his word against hers.
Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck.
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I hope it always remains hard to prove any crime in this country , but lack of fresh complaint when dealing with a molested child is not going to make this case much harder . It is with good reason limitations of actions for these crimes have been enlarged in some states to seek justice years after the victims reach majority .
Clinton didn’t have sex either:)
“Didn’t take long....check post #25.”
Yes, almost everyone on this thread hates Catholics. Fortunately, you are here to expose them. Good work. Now, what was this thread about?
Ouch !
“It’s going to be hard to prove after the girl waited a YEAR to report it.”
Maybe it’ll be hard to get a conviction. But if he left an electronic trail, perhaps requesting more “practice” or something else like priors, it’s not going to be too hard at all to prove that he did something.
We’ll see....but I doubt anyone will feel comfortable having him alone with their teenage daughters.
Of course not...but by that same token, if I was the father of one of the girl's friends, she wouldn't be sleeping over for a slumber party until this matter was cleared up. It wouldn't be the first time an adolescent leveled a false charge at an adult...for whatever reason.
So...is the current administration having “Practice Marxism” with us?
Thanks for the picture. I recognize fat Teddy Kennedy in the lower Left corner toward the center. Oh and there are several other ex-congress critters.
I wonder how much it would get if the guy were white and she black. We would see Rev. Al and the moral Jesse on TV 24/7.
As it is, I hope they can get to the bottom of this.
Either way, the accusation, alone, is enough to condemn the preacher and ruin his ministry. Given today's saturation of violence and sex, I would say the chances of guilt are about 50/50.
vaudine
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