{"id":4615,"date":"2016-09-09T07:44:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T11:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=4615"},"modified":"2016-09-09T07:44:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T11:44:50","slug":"your-tax-dollars-at-work-ctd-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=4615","title":{"rendered":"Your tax dollars at work, <i>ctd<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?page_id=4217\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to learn why the privileged tax status of churches must end.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.BobFelton.com\/images\/church_sign.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;margin:10px;\"><\/a>Sheesh &#8230; let them slide for a couple of days, and the stories about Holy Men behaving badly really back up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news\/rockledge-priest-accused-of-fraud\/41523858\" target=\"_blank\">Rockledge priest accused of fraud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New details have emerged from police who said a local priest lived a lifestyle well beyond his means while defrauding an elderly widow out of more than $88,000.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20160905\/south-shore\/80-year-old-man-fatally-shot-face-south-shore-police-say\" target=\"_blank\">Elderly Preacher In Wheelchair Guns Down Fellow Preacher, Witnesses Say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An 80-year-old retired preacher died after being shot in his face by a fellow resident of his retirement home \u2014 another preacher who uses a wheelchair, police and other residents said.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/bronx-priest-suspended-child-sexual-abuse-charges-article-1.2780156\" target=\"_blank\">Priest who demanded homosexuals have a \u2018celibate life\u2019 suspended after being accused of molesting 15-year-old boy in the Bronx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A priest who once said homosexuals had to live a \u201ccelibate life\u201d to be good Catholics has been accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy at a Bronx church about 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2016\/09\/06\/phillips-exeter-academy-minister-allegedly-had-role-mishandling-past-sex-abuse-complaints\/FoRk02Sp0UPfKBSm0YQqQI\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Minister in bread \u2018penance\u2019 case allegedly had role in other cases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Years before the school minister at Phillips Exeter Academy encouraged a student to bake bread as an act of penance for allegedly groping another student, the Rev. Robert H. Thompson played a questionable role in two other sexual assault cases at the New Hampshire boarding school, according to a former student and a former faculty member.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abc7ny.com\/news\/dutchess-county-priest-removed-after-sexual-abuse-claim\/1501005\/\" target=\"_blank\">Priest in Dutchess County removed from two churches after sexual abuse claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Dutchess County priest was removed from the two churches he runs on Tuesday after he was accused of sexually abusing a boy 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2016\/09\/06\/former-music-minister-sentenced-child-sex\/89915482\/\" target=\"_blank\">Former music minister sentenced for child sex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ending a child sex case called a \u201cpit of horror,\u201d a former Oldham County minister was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison, the maximum he could have gotten under a plea agreement.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theeagle.com\/news\/nation\/hattiesburg-minister-seeks-dismissal-of-corruption-charges\/article_f6eb18e7-032a-59a6-973f-66907107ce7c.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trial started for minister accused of skimming federal funds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trial began Tuesday for the Hattiesburg minister accused of skimming money from a housing project financed with federal funds.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyitem.com\/news\/police-pastor-charged-after-failing-to-report-alleged-assault-on\/article_56739b26-7472-11e6-b48c-cb01b846704c.html\" target=\"_blank\">Police: Pastor charged after failing to report alleged assault on girl, 14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Valley pastor was charged Tuesday for failing to report an alleged indecent assault on a 14-year-old girl during a teen group field trip in July, according to Stonington state police.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/mercer\/index.ssf\/2016\/09\/trenton_diocese_settles_sex_abuse_claim.html\" target=\"_blank\">Diocese agrees to 6-figure settlement in sex abuse case involving priest, lawyer says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Diocese of Trenton has agreed to a six-figure settlement with a man who said he was sexually assaulted by a priest four decades ago, according to the victim&#8217;s attorney.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/florida-diocese-investigating-ex-head-of-rhode-island-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida diocese investigating ex-head of Rhode Island school<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An Episcopal diocese in Florida says it is investigating a former headmaster at the elite Rhode Island boarding school St. George\u2019s, which is at the center of an abuse scandal.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbaltimore.com\/news\/local\/rockville-church-youth-minister-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-teen\" target=\"_blank\">Rockville church youth minister charged with sexual abuse of teen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 32-year-old Montgomery County man was arrested Wednesday for his alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl at a Rockville church where he served as a youth minister.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyprogress.com\/ex-pastor-gets--plus-years-in-prison-in-child\/article_f57621a2-feee-5fe8-89e2-8c1ae486665b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Former US pastor gets 60 years in prison in child sex case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A former Las Vegas-area church pastor has been sentenced to at least 60 years in state prison for sexually assaulting three young girls in his congregation before fleeing to Mexico.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/mobile\/index.ssf\/2016\/09\/mobile_pastor_facing_child_sex.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mobile pastor facing child sex abuse, sodomy, rape charges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Mobile pastor was arrested Wednesday on first-degree sodomy, first-degree rape and sex abuse of a child charges.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Diaspora\/Rabbi-suspected-for-plotting-kidnap-and-murder-in-New-York-467185\" target=\"_blank\">Rabbi suspected of kidnapping, murder plot in New York divorce scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A rabbi and another Orthodox Jewish man were arrested in New York in connection with a plot to kidnap and murder a man whose wife wanted to divorce him, federal officials said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/iraq.us.pastor.spends.4000.buying.weapons.for.christian.militia\/94917.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Iraq: US pastor spends $4,000 buying weapons for Christian militia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A US pastor has spent $4,000 of his own money buying weapons for a Christian militia engaging ISIS forces in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>William Devlin is a pastor at Infinity Bible Church in the Bronx, New York City. He has supplied the Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) with a selection of AK-47 assault rifles, grenades, and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.<\/p>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2016\/09\/ohio-church-ordered-teen-to-apologize-to-youth-pastors-wife-after-he-raped-her-mom-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio church ordered teen to apologize to youth pastor\u2019s wife after he raped her, mom says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An Ohio judge sentenced a \u201cdelusional\u201d former youth pastor to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage member of the church where he served as a volunteer.<\/ul>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheesh &#8230; let them slide for a couple of days, and the stories about Holy Men behaving badly really back up. 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