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Former pastor gets four-year sentence
Santa Cruz Sentinel ^
| 01/21/06
| Cathy Smith
Posted on 01/21/2006 8:42:04 PM PST by CAWats
n a crowded courtroom heavy with emotion, a former pastor and Pajaro Valley school district employee was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for molesting a 14-year-old girl in late 1993 or early 1994.
Steven Montez Martinez, 49, of Watsonville faced a maximum five-year sentence after jurors convicted him last month of molesting the teen on four occasions. His attorney, J.J. Hamlyn, said he will be eligible for parole in two years.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: molestor; pastor
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:42:06 PM PST
by
CAWats
To: CAWats
was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for molesting a 14-year-old girl in late 1993 or early 1994.
-After all these years, he is being punished. I am glad I taught mine to come to me right away if something/someone made them uncomfortable.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:56:21 PM PST
by
WasDougsLamb
(I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man)
To: CAWats
Prosecutors say Martinez preyed on young, vulnerable girls, using his positions as a pastor and guidance counselor for the Pajaro Valley school district. He took three teens from school to molest them, prosecutor David Sherman said, calling it "a terrible case of exploitation." He said the sentence should both punish Martinez and send a message to deter others from committing similar crimes.
Then why is this scum only getting four years? If you want to deter others from doing the same thing, make the molestation of young children by adults a capital crime.
Of course that won't happen, because NAMBLA would have kittens, and the Leftists can't let them be upset...
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:59:35 PM PST
by
Kidan
(Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
To: CAWats
Great to see someone from my hometown, in the news! The last time it was Summer Sander's stalker! Try saying that ten times real fast.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:59:40 PM PST
by
blaze
(Welcome to the Hotel Mexifornia (WWW.AMERICANPATROL.COM) Go to links and have a cry!)
To: Kidan
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:08:06 PM PST
by
CAWats
To: CAWats
"..molesting a 14-year-old girl..."
If he was a female teacher he could have gotten of with a suspended sentence.
Or a French book deal.
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:44:07 PM PST
by
RedMonqey
(People who don't who stand for something, will fall for anything.)
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