SirStefan32

Good to see that he is behind the bars, but only 10 years? I think he should be behind the bars for at least twice that long.

Stefan

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,94636,00.html


Kentucky Priest Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. — A Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for sexually abusing two boys from a family he befriended years ago.

The Rev. Daniel Clark was convicted in June by a Circuit Court jury of two counts of sexual abuse. Clark, who has been jailed since his arrest last year, was acquitted on one sodomy charge.

Judge Thomas Waller sentenced Clark to five years on each charge.

"We're not going to let this die," said Jodi Blair, a member of The Linkup, an advocacy group for clergy abuse victims. "We'll be back. He needs to serve the full 10 years because it's obvious he's not reformed."

In June, the Louisville (search) archdiocese agreed to pay $25.7 million to nearly 250 people who said they were abused. Clark, 55, was accused in more than a dozen of the suits.

Prosecutors said the abuse of the two boys took place over a four-year period ending in 2002. The victims, now 12 and 13, are brothers. Both testified they were abused by Clark in their home and on outings with the priest.

Clark, a regular visitor to the boys' home, often took them to football practice and skating. The priest also made payments on the family's trailer and bought them food and toys. He denied that he molested the boys.

Two of the boys' uncles also sued the archdiocese, claiming they were sexually abused by Clark when they were young.

In 1988, Clark pleaded guilty to sodomy and sexual abuse for molesting two other boys at St. Rita Catholic Church in Louisville. He was removed from public ministry after the first conviction but allowed to still volunteer.

The church's sex abuse crisis erupted in Boston in January 2002 and quickly spread to dioceses throughout the country.

Alleged victims of abuse were considering an offer by the Boston Archdiocese (search) to settle 542 lawsuits. If approved, it would be the largest deal to settle allegations of clergy abuse since the scandal broke.

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Krangthebrain

At least twice as long? You are being way to kind.


He deserves to be incarcerated for the rest of his life. Pedophilia should be punished harshly.

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An aspect that is really heinous in 99% of pedophilia cases is the grooming of the victim. The criminal builds a trusting safe relationship with the victim until the crime. The victim normally has trust issues for the rest of their lives.

justAndy

that a sexually repressive society like ours causes some men to sublimate their homosexual tendencies in pedophilia?
What the hell were the catholics thinking by forbidding their priests to be OPENLY sexual beings? How can you ever hope to defeat such basic urges?

Assface

I think a lot of our problems here are because we're so repressed. When the dam breaks it just leaves a bigger mess.

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