Posted on 06/02/2009 7:25:36 AM PDT by meandog
Navy chaplain Lt. Shane Dillman, convicted of rape, as well as various fraternization and adultery charges, left the court building at Norfolk Naval Station in handcuffs Monday to begin serving his sentence.
Capt. Moira Modzelewski, the military judge who presided over the case, sentenced the lieutenant to 10 years' confinement and dismissal from the service. Her ruling must be affirmed by Rear Adm. Richard O'Hanlon, commander of the Naval Air Force Atlantic.
Dillman, who was stationed on the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, admitted last week to multiple affairs with young enlisted women, but he pleaded not guilty to rape, one of the fraternization charges and a single count of making a threat.
After a four-day trial, Modzelewski found him guilty of all charges except making a threat.
Dillman, a married father of three, was a Pentecostal minister endorsed by the Coalition of Spirit-Filled Churches. He has been on administrative duty since the charges were filed.
(Excerpt) Read more at hamptonroads.com ...
I guess they ran out of snakes for him to handle.
Well..., that’s one reason some pastors don’t have a woman in the office without another person there...
LOL! He wasn't exactly talking in tounges, was he?
It’s an excellent policy.
If only protestant ministers were allowed to marry ...
Another argument against celibacy for priests. /s
LOL - I always liked girls better anyway.
roflmao!!!!!!!!!!
roflmao!!!!!!!!!!
Me too.
lol
At least he was playing with women, not little boys or girls.
Here ya go sweetie -
Sexual abuse by Protestant Ministers:
http://reformation.com/
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/06/18/80877.htm
Just because it hasn’t been in the headlines of the NY Times for 2mths straight doesn’t mean you don’t have problems!
Report: Protestant Church Insurers Handle 260 Sex Abuse Cases a Year
By Rose French
June 18, 2007
The three companies that insure the majority of Protestant churches in America say they typically receive upward of 260 reports each year of young people under 18 being sexually abused by clergy, church staff, volunteers or congregation members.
The figures released to The Associated Press offer a glimpse into what has long been an extremely difficult phenomenon to pin down — the frequency of sex abuse in Protestant congregations.
Protestant numbers have been harder to come by and are sketchier because the denominations are less centralized than the Catholic church; indeed, many congregations are independent, which makes reporting even more difficult.
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/06/18/80877.htm
Hmmm, extremely difficult to pin down the numbers and much harder to come by....doesn’t mean there isn’t more. Take the log of our your eye and fix your own problems first!!!
“If only protestant ministers were allowed to marry ..”
Now let me get back to where I was - that’s right - I was laughing at a joke.
ROTFLMAO
Oh, no! Not another Protester with an evil mean streak! And one claiming to be an officer and a gentleman too!
ROFLOL!
My sympathies to his victims.
Maybe you guys ought to get together a lynch mob to take care of him.
That’s been my father’s policy for years now. Also, the preaching staff at my church will only hire butt-ugly old ladies to be office secretary.
I’ve seen in some TV shows where a supervisor or some head of an office has a glass office, where he can see out into the entire office.
Now, that might not be a bad idea for a pastor, to have a glass office, for him to see out into the entire office area or someone to see in, either. That’s what you call “transparency” for sure... :-)
Yes, that makes it sooooo much better, doesn't it?
At our church the hallway to the ministers’ offices has a camera which shows the doors to each of their offices. They do not video inside the offices in order to protect privacy, but they often audiotape counseling sessions or meetings.
They have done it for years.
Their extra caution proved useful when a parent claimed our youth minister had abused their daughter. The Sr. Pastor took their complaint, investigated with 3 Elders, and found nothing wrong. He called a meeting with the mother and daughter and them it was hogwash, but never revealed that he had videotape to prove the case. So the unwitting mother went to the police.
They took her statement, including dates and times - this supposedly happened 3 times before the girl told mom. All 3 appointments were real - she had logged in with the secretary, and amazingly in all 3 cases the door remained open the entire time (contrary to the mothers/girls statement), and in 2 of the cases the secretary was in the room the entire time while in the third his wife chaperoned the meeting (also contrary to the statements - they claimed the girl was alone for more than an hour with the pastor).
No arrest - no charges - because they were careful, had video of the hallways, and ensured that a female chaperon was present during counseling with a female teen counselee. Safeguards that at times had seemed cumbersome saved the career and reputation of a fine young God-fearing man.
Further investigation revealed that mom had ‘extracted’ payments from several churches in the state using each of her three daughters. Most times when the allegation came and turned into a he said / she said she offered to go away for a price. Our pastor called her bluff.
I believe it is Billy Graham who will step out of even an elevator if he finds himself alone with a woman not his wife - he refuses to allow himself to be put in a situation where rumors or misconception could fester. Regardless of your opinion of Rev. Graham’s ministry this is clearly a smart policy.
Moral of the story - a minister should conduct himself in a manner that prevents even the perception of impropriety.
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