GUILTY: Pastor Kenneth Miller found guilty in civil union custody case

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Pastor guilty in same-sex union custody case

By By WILSON RING – 1 hour ago

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Just moments after a Mennonite pastor from Virginia was convicted of helping a woman flee the country rather than share custody of her daughter with her former same-sex partner, scores of his supporters poured out of the courthouse and began singing hymns.

It was their way of showing support for the Rev. Kenneth Miller, of Stuarts Draft, Va., after he was convicted Tuesday of aiding in international parental kidnapping, a high-profile crime that could send him to prison for three years.

As his supporters sang behind him, Miller said he was disappointed in the verdict but respected the decision in the case, which has drawn broad attention because of the legal and religious questions it raised about same-sex unions and child custody.

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Kenneth Miller will remain free pending sentencing, although he was ordered to surrender his passport. He said an appeal would be up to his attorneys, who left the courthouse shortly after the verdict was read.

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