x***e
发帖数: 844 | 1 A former Gaston County pastor pleaded guilty on Friday to charges he engaged
in illicit sexual conduct with two minors while in Haiti working for a
church ministry.
As Larry Michael Bollinger, his legs shackled, walked into the courtroom, he
smiled and waved to his wife.
“I would not be here if I had not confessed what I had done,” Bollinger,
67, told U.S. Magistrate Judge David Cayer.
Bollinger, struggling to hold back tears, then said: “I am very remorseful
… I am willing to accept responsibility.”
As Bollinger left the courtroom, he again waved at his wife and then mouthed
kisses to her.
Bollinger must now await sentencing. Each of the sex charges is punishable
by up to 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
“He’s never denied what happened during that short period of time in Haiti
,” defense attorney Tony Scheer told the Observer. “He confessed to doing
it to law enforcement. He now faces the possibility of a long prison
sentence.”
But Bollinger still has hopes of avoiding a lengthy incarceration. He
entered a conditional guilty plea that will allow him to appeal a federal
judge’s ruling that denies his motion to dismiss the charges against him.
Bollinger argues that the U.S. government doesn’t have the power to charge
him for committing crimes in another country. If the courts eventually
decide the law is unconstitutional, his guilty plea will be vacated and he’
ll be released from prison.
A Lutheran minister for 33 years, Bollinger was pastor at Christ’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stanley when he and his wife left for Haiti
to work with the Lazarus Project in 2004.
A mostly Lutheran ministry, the Lazarus Project runs a vocational school and
medical clinic in Haiti.
Paul Klein, an attorney in Charlotte, said Bollinger had worked for years
with the Lazarus Project and had “a record of doing a great deal of good”
for Haitian citizens.
He said Bollinger was immediately dismissed and advised to seek counseling
when the allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced. The attorney pointed out
that a background check of Bollinger would have shown that he had no
criminal record.
Klein said the Lazarus Project began conducting criminal background checks
on its workers after learning about the allegations of sexual misconduct by
Bollinger.
Klein has been following the Bollinger case for the nonprofit Lazarus
Project.
“This episode is looked upon as extremely unfortunate,” Klein said. “The
welfare of children is paramount. We hope that this isolated incident will
never be duplicated in the future. These are good people sacrificing and
enduring deplorable conditions to do mission work.”
Bollinger was indicted last May and accused of traveling to Haiti to engage
in illicit sexual conduct with two minors. The girls were 11 and 12 years
old, authorities have said.
A federal magistrate in May ordered Bollinger jailed without bond pending
his trial.
“The government’s forecast of its evidence is disturbing and suggests the
defendant, an ordained minister, repeatedly engaged in sexual conduct with
girls as young as 11 and 12 years of age while in Haiti doing relief work,”
U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler wrote in the detention order.
“The defendant has been treated in several settings for mental health
conditions and sexual addiction.”
The indictment alleges that the sexual activity with children took place in
2009. A spokesman for the Lazarus Project said Bollinger worked for several
years as coordinator, but was removed from the position when the allegations
of sexual misconduct arose.
Federal prosecutors disclosed new details about Bollinger’s work in Haiti
and the sex crimes he’s accused of committing in a document asking a judge
to deny the former pastor’s motion to dismiss the charges against him.
Bollinger’s wife would often accompany him on trips to Haiti but would
return home before him. It was after his wife left Haiti that Bollinger
sexually abused the victims, according to the prosecutors.
In November 2009, Bollinger and his wife traveled to Houston for counseling,
the court document says. Bollinger had signed an agreement with his
counselor that any disclosure about abuse or exploitation of a child would
not be confidential and would be reported to authorities if required by law.
While in a counseling session, Bollinger admitted that he sexually abused
several Haitian children on multiple occasions, the prosecutors said. His
confession prompted the counselor to call the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children to report the abuse.
During the call to the national center, Bollinger informed the operator that
he had sexually molested four girls, all between the ages of 11 and 16, the
prosecutors said.
The case was referred to the federal Homeland Security Investigation office
in Charlotte. The girls identified by Bollinger as his sexual abuse victims
were interviewed. During those interviews, the victims gave details about
Bollinger’s sexual abuse that corroborated his confession, the prosecutors
said.
Wright: 704-358-5052
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/18/3795888/pastor-accused-of-sex-acts-on.html#storylink=cpy |
x***e
发帖数: 844 | 2 我觉得最可怕的是，这种牧师性侵的案子，随便一搜几乎每天都有新的 |
x***e
发帖数: 844 | |
I******l
发帖数: 486 | 4 本版的某些基督徒曾经骄傲的说性侵的牧师都是天主教的, 和他们没关系. 没想到
Evangelical的牧师也出事了, 这下看本版基督徒怎么说. |
l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | |
l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 6 新教牧师的性侵案只怕只多不少，哪个基这么无知敢这么夸口
【在 I******l 的大作中提到】
: 本版的某些基督徒曾经骄傲的说性侵的牧师都是天主教的, 和他们没关系. 没想到
: Evangelical的牧师也出事了, 这下看本版基督徒怎么说.
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s*********t
发帖数: 4253 | 7 都说过教堂的门是打开的。。基督徒也是普通人啊！
信耶稣的人要各式各样。。
有好人，坏人，恶人 聪明人 笨人 大富豪 也有讨乞的 有博士 也有文盲。。
所以千千万万不要用人的行为来衡量上帝。
所以耶稣说。。
當那日，必有許多人對我說：“主啊，主啊，我們不是奉你的名傳道，奉你的名趕鬼，
奉你的名行許多異能嗎？”我就明明地告訴他們說：“我從來不認識你們，你們這些作
惡的人，離開我去吧！” |
l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 8 故意的吧，每次都把你们的圣灵忘记了，再说咯，上帝看来不愿意保护这对可怜的幼童
受到自己代言人的侵害，或者这也是慈爱全能上帝的大计划？
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 都说过教堂的门是打开的。。基督徒也是普通人啊！
: 信耶稣的人要各式各样。。
: 有好人，坏人，恶人 聪明人 笨人 大富豪 也有讨乞的 有博士 也有文盲。。
: 所以千千万万不要用人的行为来衡量上帝。
: 所以耶稣说。。
: 當那日，必有許多人對我說：“主啊，主啊，我們不是奉你的名傳道，奉你的名趕鬼，
: 奉你的名行許多異能嗎？”我就明明地告訴他們說：“我從來不認識你們，你們這些作
: 惡的人，離開我去吧！”
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s*********t
发帖数: 4253 | 9 圣灵就如把钥匙，人心就如把锁。
人心不对就无法接受圣灵 这包括挂名的假基督徒。。。
所以不是每个“基督徒“有圣灵的Blessing.
上帝保护不保护可怜的幼童是他的decision。
目前我们可能不明白，所以会有疑问，因为我们看见的只不过是片面而已。
另外，就算上帝天天保护上千万的幼童，你也不知道（因为灾祸给避免了）。
所以，目前上帝存在不存在才是目前最重要的问题。
【在 l*****a 的大作中提到】
: 故意的吧，每次都把你们的圣灵忘记了，再说咯，上帝看来不愿意保护这对可怜的幼童
: 受到自己代言人的侵害，或者这也是慈爱全能上帝的大计划？
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 10 片面什么？他已经没保护了，对不？ 换句话说，他老人家决定的让这对幼童被性侵，
这人渣就得手了，对不？
我都忘了你的名言了，被你的上帝所屠杀了的婴儿，康州血案受害的幼童等等，反正
将来会复活，所以。。。
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 圣灵就如把钥匙，人心就如把锁。
: 人心不对就无法接受圣灵 这包括挂名的假基督徒。。。
: 所以不是每个“基督徒“有圣灵的Blessing.
: 上帝保护不保护可怜的幼童是他的decision。
: 目前我们可能不明白，所以会有疑问，因为我们看见的只不过是片面而已。
: 另外，就算上帝天天保护上千万的幼童，你也不知道（因为灾祸给避免了）。
: 所以，目前上帝存在不存在才是目前最重要的问题。
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I******l
发帖数: 486 | 11 普通人一般不性侵, OK?
你这种智商的信上帝的确不奇怪
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 都说过教堂的门是打开的。。基督徒也是普通人啊！
: 信耶稣的人要各式各样。。
: 有好人，坏人，恶人 聪明人 笨人 大富豪 也有讨乞的 有博士 也有文盲。。
: 所以千千万万不要用人的行为来衡量上帝。
: 所以耶稣说。。
: 當那日，必有許多人對我說：“主啊，主啊，我們不是奉你的名傳道，奉你的名趕鬼，
: 奉你的名行許多異能嗎？”我就明明地告訴他們說：“我從來不認識你們，你們這些作
: 惡的人，離開我去吧！”
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I******l
发帖数: 486 | 12 那你来讲讲上帝是怎么保护被性侵的儿童的?
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 圣灵就如把钥匙，人心就如把锁。
: 人心不对就无法接受圣灵 这包括挂名的假基督徒。。。
: 所以不是每个“基督徒“有圣灵的Blessing.
: 上帝保护不保护可怜的幼童是他的decision。
: 目前我们可能不明白，所以会有疑问，因为我们看见的只不过是片面而已。
: 另外，就算上帝天天保护上千万的幼童，你也不知道（因为灾祸给避免了）。
: 所以，目前上帝存在不存在才是目前最重要的问题。
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y****n
发帖数: 1397 | 13 偶突然开始理解义和团了，这帮传教士在百年前的中国一定更肆无忌惮。
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he
remorseful
【在 x***e 的大作中提到】
: A former Gaston County pastor pleaded guilty on Friday to charges he engaged
: in illicit sexual conduct with two minors while in Haiti working for a
: church ministry.
: As Larry Michael Bollinger, his legs shackled, walked into the courtroom, he
: smiled and waved to his wife.
: “I would not be here if I had not confessed what I had done,” Bollinger,
: 67, told U.S. Magistrate Judge David Cayer.
: Bollinger, struggling to hold back tears, then said: “I am very remorseful
: … I am willing to accept responsibility.”
: As Bollinger left the courtroom, he again waved at his wife and then mouthed
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x***e
发帖数: 844 | 14 你不说，我还想不起来圣灵这个东西。
其实你说的不错，可是不是也说明圣灵是假的东西啊
【在 s*********t 的大作中提到】
: 都说过教堂的门是打开的。。基督徒也是普通人啊！
: 信耶稣的人要各式各样。。
: 有好人，坏人，恶人 聪明人 笨人 大富豪 也有讨乞的 有博士 也有文盲。。
: 所以千千万万不要用人的行为来衡量上帝。
: 所以耶稣说。。
: 當那日，必有許多人對我說：“主啊，主啊，我們不是奉你的名傳道，奉你的名趕鬼，
: 奉你的名行許多異能嗎？”我就明明地告訴他們說：“我從來不認識你們，你們這些作
: 惡的人，離開我去吧！”
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 15 http://www.lazarusprojecthaiti.org/
Village of Hope Lazarus Project is the grassroots effort of a ever-growing
number of individuals and congregations who want to serve in ministry in
Haiti. In the context of Jesus' parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16
Village of Hope Lazarus Project provides financial support to ministries in
Haiti as well as opportunities for short term mission teams to serve those
ministries.
Village of Hope Lazarus Project is an interdenominational 501(c)(3)
organization supported by many churches, organizations and individuals
throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
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