Baptist Rev. Herman Lewis pleads guilty to assault & attempted kidnapping (Spokane, WA)

[Ian David]

UPDATE, 3pm Tuesday: 49-year-old Rev. Herman Lewis appeared in Spokane Co. Superior Court this afternoon on charges of assault and attempted kidnapping. According to court documents, Lewis told detectives he went to the Shari's Restaurant near Indiana and Monroe to meet a woman to have sex with.

Lewis also told police he had been living "a double life" since turning 19 by having sex with prostitutes and regularly using crack cocaine and PCP.

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UPDATE, 9:30pm Spokane County Jail officials say Herman Lewis is still at the jail, but in lockdown because he was considered combative and a threat to himself and officers when he was booked this afternoon.

According to his resume, Rev. Herman Lewis Sr. began his career as pastor near his hometown of Winnie, Texas. Between 1980 and 2003 Lewis lived in Austin and Galveston. He was a chaplain for a county jail, a local hospital, and helped build a new baptist church for 400 members. In 2003, he joined the People's Institutional Baptist Church in Seattle. Nothing on his resume has been verified.

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UPDATE, 3:30pm Monday: Members of the Morning Star Baptist Church confirm 49-year-old Herman Lewis, arrested this morning after leading Spokane Police on a chase this morning, is their senior pastor. Lewis is charged with unlawful imprisonment and two counts of assault. He's now in the Spokane County Jail.



More:
http://onanite.blogspot.com/2007/05/update-3pm-tuesday-49-year-old-rev.html

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1. Meanwhile there's the minister in Louisiana

convicted of stealing 13 thousand from a broken ATM machine. Christian conservative values from sea to shining sea.

[Ian David]

2. See prior thread: Another Christian preacher guilty of a felony and it doesn't involve sex...

Another Christian preacher guilty of a felony and it doesn't involve sex or little boys
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3248353

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3. Thanks Ian, that was my post.