Posted on 06/28/2008 8:15:26 PM PDT by Coleus
A former youth pastor was sentenced on Friday to six years- three years in prison and three years suspended- for his sexual involvement with a 14-year old girl. Keith Daniel Kiger, 31, of Winslow entered a negotiated plea of guilty to reduced charges of sexual indecency with a child before 4 th Judicial Circuit Judge William Storey. He was initially charged with second-degree sexual assault.
Kiger was a youth minister at a church the victim had attended only a few times, so it would have been hard to prove he committed the act while being in a position of trust, said Fourth Judicial District Deputy prosecutor David Harris. Kiger admitted to engaging in sexual contact with the victim as many as six times, according to the arrest report. Most of the contact reportedly occurred in the back of his van during the day in public parking lots across Fayetteville.
Under the deal, Kiger received credit for the 100 days he has served in the Washington County Detention Center, where he has remained since his arrest on March 12. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim and must pay restitution of $ 1, 500 after his release.
FWIW, the term “youth pastor” doesn’t necessarily mean a person who has been ordained. In many free church settings, it’s can simply be the person in the position of “youth leader.”
Doesn’t say how long ago the abuse occurred, but I would guess no one tried to cover it up.
AS long as he is not Catholic, it’s A-OK!
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Please keep posting these articles. I appreciate them. As you know, there are numerous vociferous protestant posters who are still in denial over the extent of the problem OUTSIDE the Catholic church.
“...must pay restitution of $ 1, 500 after his release.”
Hmmm, no deep pockets for the lawyers, so she is, in effect, turned into a prostitute. I doubt $1500 compensates for what she has been through. She should have millions.
http://www.reformation.com/CSA/startPage.html
Baptist Clergy Abuse
http://www.cin.org/users/msmith/reformation/baptistsabuse.html
Catholic bashing and pedophile priests
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26955
Minister Rapes Teen
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0530minister-sexcharge-ON.html
Lutheran minister asked to quit sexuality task force
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/11/27/priest.abuse.ap/index.html
Sex scandals also affect Protestant clergy
http://www.freep.com/news/religion/prot5_20020405.htm
U.S. Protestants also facing sex abuse scandals
Expert: Frequency of abuse by Protestant clergy may equal that of Catholic priests
http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/040602/rel_040602027.shtml
Accusations filed against NY ministers
http://www.layman.org/layman/news/news-from-pcusa/accusations-filed-against-ny-ministers.htm
Protestant Clergy Abuse
http://polycafe.com/sacredfire/sacredfire-2002/3305.htm
Sex scandals also affect Protestant clergy
http://www.reformation.com/CSA/HowthescandalsaredifferentforProtestants.htm
U.S. Protestants also facing sex abuse scandals
Expert: Frequency of abuse by Protestant clergy may equal that of Catholic priests
http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/040602/rel_040602027.shtml
Catholic clergy singled out, historian says
http://www.detnews.com/2002/religion/0204/13/a09-457640.htm
Sex abuse spans spectrum of churches
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0405/p01s01-ussc.html
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