Former Louisville pastor avoids jail time in sex abuse plea deal

[MineralMan]

Well, see, he's old and a, you know, "Man of God," so they let him off without any jail time. Nice, huh...? How about that?

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2018/06/19/former-louisville-pastor-sentenced-sex-abuse-plea-deal-allen-lehmann/713637002/

Former Louisville pastor avoids jail time in sex abuse plea deal

A former Louisville pastor has accepted a plea deal on multiple sex offenses stemming from the abuse of three young sisters.

Prosecutors alleged Allen Lehmann, 80, abused the girls over the course of a decade when they visited his Louisville home. At the time, Lehmann worked as a pastor at Trinity Chapel Assembly of God church.

Lehmann entered an Alford plea, which allows defendants to maintain their innocence while acknowledging prosecutors may have sufficient evidence for a jury to convict.

He originally faced first-degree rape and sodomy charges. The agreement recommends a 15-year prison sentence that would be suspended, allowing Lehmann to be placed on probation for five years and be required to complete a sex offender treatment program, register as a lifetime sex offender and not commit any new crimes. If he doesn't comply, the prison sentence would kick in.

[Voltaire2]

1. Wtf.

Meanwhile our prisons are stuffed with drug offenders serving stunningly harsh sentences. But yeah man’o’god walks.

[MineralMan]

2. WTF, Indeed.

[trotsky]

4. This is part of religious privilege.

"Men of god" are assumed to be better than the rest of us. Their crimes are more readily downplayed, their punishments less severe.

[MineralMan]

5. Exactly. I'm sick of it.

[safeinOhio]

3. Sure hope for some justice in Civil Court.