Former Regent assistant dean faces sexual assault charges

[maxrandb]

Source: The Virginia Pilot

CHESAPEAKE

A former Regent University law school assistant dean has been indicted on 13 felony sexual assault charges involving two girls, according to court records.

The allegations against Stephen L. McPherson, 39, of Chesapeake include object sexual penetration, forcible sodomy, and taking indecent liberties with a child by a custodian.

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McPherson and his wife worked from August 1996 to August 2000 as house parents supervising a cottage of as many as eight girls at Hope Haven Children's Home on North Landing Road in Virginia Beach, said Linda Jones, a spokeswoman for Union Mission Ministries, which operates the home. Hope Haven, founded in 1965, provides Christian-based care for children from "distressed family situations," according to its Web site.

McPherson is a grandson of the Rev. Theodore Bashford, executive director of the ministries for 52 years, Jones said Friday.



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More Rethuglican "family values"

Folks...this is the Dean of the Law School at Pat Robertson's university

They're supposed to be turning out this "army of conservative 'faith-based' lawyers" to do battle with all those disgusting "trial lawyers".

This guy has "potential Supreme Court Justice" written all over him.

[Aragorn]

1. innocent until proven guilty

In theory

[KnaveRupe]

2. In other news headlines:

"Sky Discovered to be Blue"

"New Studies Confirm: Sun Rises in East"

"Vatican Sources Reveal Pope Benedict is Catholic"

"Ursine Mammals in the Wild Found to Defecate in Woods"

Seriously.

This is par for the course for these repressed bastards. Is anyone - ANYONE - surprised by this? Cultural conservatives have a virtual monopoly on sexual peccadilloes that range from embarrassing kink to criminal pedophilia. And the more conservative the subject is, the weirder their sexual interests seem to be.

Whether it's jiggling your foot to tell someone you wanna give 'em a knob-slobber in a public restroom, or dressing in latex and a ball gag, sticking a vibrator in yer out door and suffocating yourself to death, or having all kinds of sex with kids, it's overwhelmingly the right that indulges in this stuff.

At least Democrats' sexual scandals almost always involve consenting adults.

[NBachers]

10. Metal of Freedum

Perhaps that man has a wide stance which would qualify him for the Metal of Freedum.

[tanyev]

3. Think he'll use any of those great Regent lawyers on his defense team?

[salin]

11. are there any who weren't hired by the admin and likely to be tied up

in their own self-defense cases per bad acts in the name of "serving the president" in the near future?

[Grins]

13. Nope.

Regent alum Monica Goodling didn't either. Went to a REAL white-shoe law firm. She may be gullible, but not stupid!

[2Design]

4. bushco will appoint him to some job for sure now n/t

[TacticalPeek]

5. Typical Bush Republican.

Slow news day.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. I finally agree with Regents University in this one respect: There IS a god.

So to speak.

Nothing surprises me about religious hypocrisy.

[underpants]

7. I hope he can find a good lawyer

a GOOD lawyer

not a GOD lawyer

[smoogatz]

8. Had, I think.

Ain't gonna be no Supreme after this.

[pattmarty]

9. What they're "turning out", is the next generation of "conservative" perverts.

[Swagman]

12. innocent UNLESS proven guilty.. is how it should be put

[mentorteach]

14. Religious Right jerk!

This guy went to my high school. He was Mr. Christian nice-guy, sang opera and tried out for the school plays. I also went to the Camp Hope Haven associated with the place where he adopted his children. This is ASTONISHING news down there I bet. Although I moved to the DC area, people still down in Chesapeake have been calling each other all morning about this news. Ches. is a great town, but also the home of Pat Robertson. Need I say more? So many people buy into his crap, and then repress all of their nasty thoughts I guess. I can't even drive down there with my Obama sticker on the car...they think that I'm unpatriotic. Love the area, but the rel. right are NUTS!

[maxrandb]

15. Display your Obama Sticker with Pride!!

We've elected a Democratic Governor and a Democratic Senator recently.

VA is sick of the right-wing whack jobs!

You'd be surprised at the number of Webb bumper stickers I saw everyday...and that was driving to a military base

The tide in VA is definitely turning

[CoffeeCat]

16. This guy adopted children?

Gee, I bet we can all guess that they've been sexually abused.

So sickening, that these wolves even exist. This guy sexually
abused minors who had come from distressed homes. So, in addition to
being raised in total chaos--and probably abused, this animal further
exploits these all-ready broken children.

This guy believes in hell, so let's hope he loses his mind believing that
he will spend eternity there.

I'm so glad he was exposed for the sexual terrorist that he is. Maybe
will help the victims find some peace.