Posted on 09/03/2013 11:22:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Dear Lord:
That’s when they learned for the first time that numerous teachers in the school district wrote to the court to plead for a lenient sentence for their colleague. They were shocked to see several teachers – and school board member Mike Eagan – sitting across the courtroom with the sex offender’s family.
“Neal made a mistake,” teacher Sally Campbell wrote to the judge, according to the Ogemaw County Herald. “He allowed a mutual friendship to develop into much more. He realized his mistake and ended it years before someone anonymously sent something in to the authorities which began this legal process.”
“I am asking that Neal be given the absolute minimum sentence, considering all the circumstances surrounding this case,” wrote Amy Huber Eagan, a teacher and wife of board member Mike Eagan. “I am also hoping that he can stay remanded to the custody of the Ogemaw County Jail and not be sent to a prison facility.”
“Neal has pled (sic) guilty for his one criminal offense but he is not a predator,” teacher Harriett Coe wrote, according to the Herald. “This was an isolated incident. He understands the severity of his action and is sincere in his desire to make amends. He has been candid and conveyed his action to his family, friends and co-workers.”
In all, 10 people, including seven WB-RC teachers, submitted letters of support for Erickson, most pleading for a reduced sentence. They included Campbell, Amy Eagan, Coe, Toni Erickson, Carol Rau, Marilyn Glover, Sandi Lee, Kathryn Weber, Kathleen Sheel and Kathleen Palmer, the Herald reports.
Judge Michael Bumgartner told Erickson he was “appalled and ashamed that the community could rally around, in this case, you,” according to the Herald.
“What you did was a jab in the eye with a sharp stick to every parent who trusts a teacher,” he said shortly before sentencing Erickson to 15-30 years in prison.
“What you did was a jab in the eye with a sharp stick to every parent who trusts a teacher,” he said shortly before sentencing Erickson to 15-30 years in prison.
Somebody buy Judge Bumgartner a dinner in the restaurant of his choice, and give him a cigar. Give him a whole box if he likes them. No telling how many future kids he saved.
And a sea. I'd settle for a lake.
The only reason he ‘ended it’ was probably because the kid got too old for his preferences. He probably transferred that attention to another kid. Need to find out any more victims.
Good God, these people make me want to puke. How in the hell do they sleep at night? They might have a change in attitude if .. God forbid.. one of THEIR kids is so victimized.
They’re getting ridiculous with the open hypocrisy. This same bunch would have nailed a priest to the wall for the same thing-rightfully so, if he was convicted-but when it’s one of their own, they have no shame in asking for leniency, and leniency to an absurd degree. Everybody on the left is just the same in having this hypocrisy, no matter what the topic.
That is a very good point, the liberals are the first to scream about the Altar Boys being abused because it easily serves their anti-religion religion. But when it comes to protecting their own they circle the wagons...
No bridge is too far if it serves or protects the sodomite agenda-the only reason they went after the priests was because the RCC wouldn’t cave to them on the issue and get on the sodomite juggernaut with all the power of the RCC. That must really burn them. I hope their other tactics of infiltration and take-over, or death by a million cuts, don’t ever begin to work on the RCC.
Sick.
If I remember correctly, the victim in this case (a boy, gender having been conveniently left out of the story) was 13 or 14 when the "relationship" developed.
This wasn't a couple of star-crossed lovers, or a Romeo and Juliet (or Romeo?) love affair. It was a man who got caught diddling a young boy, and who was a good enough con man to get other adults - who should know better - to support him.
And as if the above news I posted to you weren’t enough, we have this:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3041283/posts
CONTROVERSIAL CALIFORNIA BILL EXEMPTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM SEX ABUSE LAWSUITS
We can’t even trust our lawmakers to protect children.
A mistake is something that occurs on a test at school.
Felony pedophilia is not a mistake.
Well, he didn't groom and molest YOUR son did he? Do you have ANY sympathy for the family of this boy?
Their son had grown increasingly distant from the once close-knit family through his early teens, as Erickson, his middle school math teacher, manipulated the young boy into a twisted relationship that lasted from Aug. 2006 to Aug. 2009....The Janczewskis (family of victim) felt betrayed, hurt, and angry.
In October 2012, Lori Janczewski was diagnosed with cancer. Days later they received more heartbreaking news.
'Four days after my wife was diagnosed, a state trooper came out to our house and we found out our son was molested,' said Janczewski, who is also fighting his own battle with Multiple Sclerosis. 'Somebody sent an anonymous email with pictures of my son to the board of education and the superintendent.'
This family is going to need a lot of support in the coming days. How tragic for them to have to sit by as IDIOTS support their son's MOLESTER instead of them and their victimized son.
Thanks for posting. The original article is well worth reading — if you can stomach it. I hate to quit reading I was so angry then forced myself to read the rest.
DH has already said if it were us and our young son, there wouldn’t be a need for a court case. He is a man of honesty and integrity and loves his kids fiercely so I have no reason to believe he wouldn’t do exactly what needs to be done.
Union schools are child abuse.
what is a good leftist to do?
Libs will forgive everything...except having a viewpoint differing from theirs.
Once a homosexual pedophile, always a homosexual pedophile ! Just because the crime is not fresh, like murder, it means nothing. Send him to the BIG HOUSE so he can learn what it means to be a sodomite of children and not a breeder.
What if he made that mistake with YOUR kid, Sally? No problem, right?
No, it won’t. Glad I upgraded the optical gear on my battle rifle and carbine. My eyes aren’t as good as they used to be.
Optics keep us in the game, that is for sure.
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