Arkansas ex-prison chaplain charged with sexually assaulting inmates

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Arkansas ex-prison chaplain charged with sexually assaulting inmates

Reuters
By Steve Barnes
December 17, 2015 6:05 PM

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - A former Arkansas prison chaplain was charged on Thursday with 50 counts of sexual assault on suspicion of pressuring three inmates at a women's state prison into providing him sexual favors, authorities said.

Kenneth Dewitt, 67, was charged in state court with using a position of trust or authority to sexually abuse the women. Each count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, they said.

The activity is suspected to have occurred in Dewitt's office at the Newport prison, about 90 miles northeast of Little Rock, over 21 months ending in September 2014, according to an investigator’s affidavit attached to the charges.

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One of the female inmates described herself in the affidavit as intimidated and shocked by Dewitt’s demands, and “thought very seriously about suicide.”



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Kenneth Dewitt, holding the "Good Book"



Holier than thou? [/center]

[tabasco]

1. Another fundie fake Christian pervert

I always assume these holy roller motherfuckers are sick in the head.

[keithbvadu2]

2. holding the "Good Book"

Surely you could trust this holy man to counsel your daughters one on one.

[packman]

3. Religion preying and praying on the weak and vulnerable

I hope he gets some degree of karma when he's in prison - the bastard. What pisses me off is the "escape" clause each of these religious nuts have - if he asks Christ for forgiveness, he did no wrong.

[Old Union Guy]

5. Clergy and sex crimes go together. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

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