Vicar Hugh Cranford Should Pick On Someone His Own Size

A few months ago, I posted about a Lutheran vicar, by the name of Hugh Cranford, who was charged with indecent liberties with a minor. Today, he had his preliminary hearing. The information that was shared at that time was rather disturbing, and should have been shared immediately when the kindly vicar was charged. His crime was not one of simply dating a young woman one or two months shy of her eighteenth birthday.....he is actually charged with molesting two brothers, one ten years old, the other, thirteen years old, while he was staying in their parents' home. Not only was I shocked at the number of comments I got from various parts of Northeast Kansas, some of them unprintable, defending this man, I am very disappointed that none of the publications reporting on this matter felt that any Christian parents in the area deserved to be warned about this minister. Coverage was cursory at best; very little information about the nature of the charges was available. Cranford's church and the  media in Kansas went out of their way to cover for him. This man is free on 250,000 bail; that means he is free to re-offend until the judge throws down the gavel in a verdict at some future date. Christians, don't get your pastors at Kmart.

Update: The reverend is expected in court on May 6, 2013.
 

Warren Jeffs Wants A Get Out Of Jail Free Card

Just when I thought I had heard the end of the saga of Warren Jeffs, and how it's okay, in his religion, to sexually abuse underage girls, he comes up with something new! Now he wants to appeal his guilty verdict because the incident that drew law enforcement's attention to him was a questionable tip from another state. The problem is this: that tip had nothing to do with Jeffs. It was about someone else. The evidence discovered that concerned Jeffs was merely coincidental, and since it involved a couple of children, had to be investigated. There was nothing unlawful about it. What WAS unlawful, was Jeffs's relationships with some of the children.

If the people in Warren Jeffs's "church" (maybe "cult" is a better word?) really think that part of a religious upbringing is teaching young girls to expect and welcome abuse, maybe they should consider teaching their men, such as Jeffs, that if you can't do the time, you shouldn't do the crime! While molesting children may be part of Jeffs's religion, it's against just about everyone else's.

                                                 Warren Jeffs, en route to his new home.