Pastor sentenced to 7 years in prison for child molestation

[Bluebear]

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TAVARES (FL) -- A pastor who repeatedly molested a parishioner's grandson was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison. His head bowed, Douglas Myers, 57, who had been pastor of Triangle Community Church in Eustis, listened impassively as a prosecutor read a seething letter from the boy's mother.

"You believe in God?" the letter demanded. "How, then, in God's eyes, could you do this?"

Myers pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious molestation. Court records show he had sexual contact with the boy, then 13, over a six-month period in the youth's bedroom at his grandmother's home. Myers befriended the boy, now in high school, by driving him to school, taking him to Walt Disney World and giving him money.

Although Myers initially denied sexual contact with the boy, he later admitted the crime in an interview with a Lake County deputy sheriff, saying it would destroy his life and family. Myers had been a clergyman for 30 years.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lbriefs04_507jan04,0,7435608.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-lake

[Pathwalker]

1. Too bad he didn't have pot when he was arrested.

Then, he'd have gotten life.

[devilgrrl]

3. dang, you beat me to it!

:blush:

[devilgrrl]

2. Too bad he wasn't busted for Marijuana - he'd get a life sentence.

:sarcasm:

[BOSSHOG]

4. this is so outrageous

What is happening to our country when a minister is held accountable for his actions with a little boy. That is so unamerican. Doesn't the court system know that "ministers" are already forgiven?

I wonder if he will become the little boy in prison.

[ThomCat]

5. 7 years?

The way we handle sex crimes in this country is horribly, horribly broken. x(

As others have mentioned, our drug laws will put people away for decades, or longer for possession of small amounts of drugs that don't hurt anyone. But this guy only gets 7 years?
x(

[no_hypocrisy]

6. What, another one? n/t

[Recursion]

7. I know not to judge on appearances, but...

... I mean... really... look at the guy. Would you let him near your kids?

[Ian David]

9. Wojohowitz REALLY let himself go

[Ian David]

8. Well, at least his relatives might be "pro-family"

http://www.knowthyneighbor.org/florida/index.php?first_name=&last_name=Myers&street_address=&county=Lake&searchMode=&sortBy=city&sortDir=ASC&page=1&anchor=list&state_code=fl#list

[Bluebear]

10. Excellent catch. nt

[AndreaCG]

11. Another RW Republican POS I am sure