A former youth Pastor is out on bond today after he admitted to authorities that he had sex with teenage boys to cure them of their homosexuality.
31-year-old Brent Girouex of Council Bluffs, Iowa was arrested earlier this month on 60 counts of suspicion of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist.
In February, Girouex reportedly told police that he had sexual contact with four young men starting in 2007 in order to help them gain “sexual purity in the eyes of God.”
Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber told local paper The Daily Nonpareil that at least eight men have come forward with complaints that Girouex molested them.
Three young men who were teens at the time of their molestation told authorities that they went to Giourex's home for help with “sexual purity.”
One of them in particular estimates that he had sex with the Pastor 50 to 100 times.
Giourex reportedly gave details to authorities and told them,
“When they would ejaculate, they would be getting rid of the evil thoughts in their mind."
http://hiphopwired.com/2011/03/22/pastor-says-he-had-sex-with-teens-to-cure-their-homosexuality/
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Ex-priest finishes jail term for abuse
A former Jesuit priest and teacher at Boston College High School was released from prison Friday after serving time for a 2005 conviction on sexual abuse charges, according to the state correction department.
Suffolk County prosecutors tried Talbot in 2002 on sexual abuse charges. In 2005, he was sentenced after pleading guilty to raping and sexually assaulting two of his students between 1977 and 1979 and was sentenced to five to seven years.
Prosecutors said Talbot, who coached the school’s wrestling team, encouraged male students on the team to wrestle with him in the locker room wearing little or no clothing. He would then molest or rape his victim, charges said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/03/20/ex_priest_finishes_jail_term_for_abuse/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/03/20/ex_priest_finishes_jail_term_for_abuse/
Explosion at church latest in violent Jos religious feud
An explosion struck near a church this morning in the Nigerian city of Jos where hundreds have been killed in religious violence in the last few months.
It was not clear what caused the explosion in Jos, which has been at the centre of massacres and targeted killings between Christians and Muslims. Dozens of ethnic groups vie for control of fertile lands in the area.
Politics, jobs and land often spark violence that falls along religious lines and has left thousands dead in recent years.
Human Rights Watch estimates that 200 people have died since December.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/102484
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Youth Minister Rapes Teen
A youth minister was arrested Friday for having sex with a teenage girl, according to Wilmington Police.
Robert Stoner of Wilmington was taken into custody, accused of carrying on a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.
Stoner allegedly met his victim last month at the Miracle Temple Holy Church on E. 11th Street in Wilmington where he was a youth minister, police said.
Police got involved when the teen didn't come home Thursday night and her mother reported her missing, according to court records.
Police found the girl walking home and took her to the hospital where she reported that Stoner raped her, authorities said.
Stoner, 38, admitted having sex with the teen six times in his home while his son was sleeping, according to court records.
He is charged with six counts of third-degree rape, police said.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Youth-Minister-Charged-with-Rape-police-118274039.html
Little Meadows Priest Arrest
A Little Meadows, Pennsylvania priest has been arrested for alleged sexual contact with a teenage boy.
PA State Police say the incident occurred last November at the Our Lady of Solitude Retreat Center in Little Meadows. According to WBRE-TV in Scranton, 48-year old Father Phillip Ferrara turned himself in to state police this morning. The 14 year-old victim reportedly claims he was assaulted multiple times last year while he and his family were staying near the retreat center. Among the allegations, that the priest forced the boy to massage him with oil.
PA State Police say the incident occurred last November at the Our Lady of Solitude Retreat Center in Little Meadows. According to WBRE-TV in Scranton, 48-year old Father Phillip Ferrara turned himself in to state police this morning. The 14 year-old victim reportedly claims he was assaulted multiple times last year while he and his family were staying near the retreat center. Among the allegations, that the priest forced the boy to massage him with oil.
Texas youth pastor arrested in 1993 molestation case
A youth pastor who has worked with minors in San Clemente and in Texas was in custody Friday on charges that he molested an underage girl 15 years ago, officials said.
Now 47, Joe David Nelms was taken into custody in Lindale, Texas, on suspicion of molesting a girl for three years beginning in 1993. Authorities said Nelms molested the girl in his former home, car and in a church office in Pacific Coast Church in San Clemente, where he worked as a youth pastor.
Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff's Department are looking to extradite Nelms to Orange County to face charges, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the department.
Investigators began to investigate the allegations March 4, when the victim came forward to officials, Amormino said.
"She said ever since the abuse, she wanted to tell somebody, but she never had the strength," Amormino said.
The victim lived in San Clemente when the abuse took place, but she now lives on the East Coast, Amormino said. She was under 14 when it took place.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/amormino-292802-nelms-pastor.html
Now 47, Joe David Nelms was taken into custody in Lindale, Texas, on suspicion of molesting a girl for three years beginning in 1993. Authorities said Nelms molested the girl in his former home, car and in a church office in Pacific Coast Church in San Clemente, where he worked as a youth pastor.
Joe Nelms.
COURTESY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
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Investigators began to investigate the allegations March 4, when the victim came forward to officials, Amormino said.
"She said ever since the abuse, she wanted to tell somebody, but she never had the strength," Amormino said.
The victim lived in San Clemente when the abuse took place, but she now lives on the East Coast, Amormino said. She was under 14 when it took place.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/amormino-292802-nelms-pastor.html
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