KUTV -- A Salt Lake City pastor is in big trouble with the law, after he allegedly exposed himself while chatting online with an undercover officer.
Investigators say 67-year-old William J. Blanscet reportedly exchanged sexually explicit conversations with an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force agent, who was posing as a young girl.
Blanscet is also accused of masturbating and showing his genitals in front of a web camera and exposing himself online while visiting his wife in the hospital.
Blanscet is currently a pastor for the Church of God Prophecy in Salt Lake City. He has agreed to surrender to authorities later week.
Blanscet is facing four third degree felony charges of attempted dealing in harmful material to a minor.
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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - The Utah Attorney General’s Office has filed felony charges against a pastor who allegedly exposed himself on a web camera to an undercover officer posing as a minor.
William J. Blanscet, 67, is facing four third-degree felony charges of attempted dealing in material harmful to a minor after an investigation by the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
According to court documents, Blanscet was online in a chat room and allegedly began asking sexually explicit questions to an ICAC agent who was posing as a young girl. Blancset also allegedly showed his genitals and during other online conversations he would masturbate in front of the web camera. Blanscet also allegedly exposed himself using the Internet while he was visiting his wife in the hospital.
ICAC investigators confronted Blanscet about the online conversations and learned he is a pastor for the Church of God Prophecy in Salt Lake City. Blancset has agreed to surrender at the Salt Lake County Jail next week. All defendants are presumed to be innocent unless found guilty in a court of law
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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Salt Lake City pastor charged with sex-related felonies
A pastor for the Church of God of Prophecy in Salt Lake City faces felony charges for allegedly exposing himself on the Internet and asking a police officer posing as a minor sexually explicit questions.
The pastor faces four third-degree felony charges of attempted dealing in material harmful to a minor after an investigation by the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force.
The 67-year-old was in a chat room when he asked the questions and exposed himself on a Web camera, according to a news release from the Utah Attorney General's Office. This occurred several times, including once while he was using the Internet while visiting his wife in the hospital, the release said.
ICAC investigators confronted the man about the online conversations, the attorney general's office said. The pastor has agreed to surrender at the Salt Lake County Jail next week.
-Salt Lake Tribune
A pastor for the Church of God of Prophecy in Salt Lake City faces felony charges for allegedly exposing himself on the Internet and asking a police officer posing as a minor sexually explicit questions.
The pastor faces four third-degree felony charges of attempted dealing in material harmful to a minor after an investigation by the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force.
The 67-year-old was in a chat room when he asked the questions and exposed himself on a Web camera, according to a news release from the Utah Attorney General's Office. This occurred several times, including once while he was using the Internet while visiting his wife in the hospital, the release said.
ICAC investigators confronted the man about the online conversations, the attorney general's office said. The pastor has agreed to surrender at the Salt Lake County Jail next week.
-Salt Lake Tribune
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions
NUNN v. BLACK,
(1981)Civ. A. No. 80-0065
(D).January 14, 1981.
The plaintiffs in the present litigation are dissident members of the Church of God of Prophecy in Collinsville, Virginia. They bring this action against the General Trustees, the General Overseer of the Worldwide Church Organization, the State of Virginia General Overseer, the local church trustees, and the local minister, alleging that the plaintiffs were denied rights secured by the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments under color of state law. The jurisdiction of the court is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1343, with the plaintiffs seeking relief from alleged violations of their constitutional rights as provided by 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In general, the plaintiffs assert that they were unlawfully expelled from church membership at a congregational meeting and that they were later arrested for trespassing after having been warned to stay off the property.
NUNN v. BLACK,
(1981)Civ. A. No. 80-0065
(D).January 14, 1981.
The plaintiffs in the present litigation are dissident members of the Church of God of Prophecy in Collinsville, Virginia. They bring this action against the General Trustees, the General Overseer of the Worldwide Church Organization, the State of Virginia General Overseer, the local church trustees, and the local minister, alleging that the plaintiffs were denied rights secured by the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments under color of state law. The jurisdiction of the court is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1343, with the plaintiffs seeking relief from alleged violations of their constitutional rights as provided by 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In general, the plaintiffs assert that they were unlawfully expelled from church membership at a congregational meeting and that they were later arrested for trespassing after having been warned to stay off the property.
Former Pastor Faces 20 Sex Counts
Former Pastor Faces 20 Sex Counts
Date: August 2, 2002
A former pastor at a Helper church has been charged with 20 counts of felony child sex abuse involving several children over a period of nearly two years.
Rene Anthony Gomez, 32, a former pastor at the Church of God of Prophecy in Helper, is being held without bail in the Carbon County Jail in Price,
said George Zamantakis, Helper police chief.
The abuse took place from October 2000 through June 2002 and involved three victims, according to court documents. The charges filed in 7th...
-THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
and even more.....
Ex-Helper pastor accused of molesting young boy
PRICE -- The Carbon County Attorney's Office was scheduled to meet Wednesday to review the case of a former Helper pastor accused of molestation.Rene Gomez, former pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy, was arrested June 28 and booked into the Carbon County Jail on $100,000 bail for investigation of rape and sodomy of a child, Helper Police Chief George Zamantakis said.Carbon County Attorney Gene Strate said investigators believe at least two young boys were molested...
Date: August 2, 2002
A former pastor at a Helper church has been charged with 20 counts of felony child sex abuse involving several children over a period of nearly two years.
Rene Anthony Gomez, 32, a former pastor at the Church of God of Prophecy in Helper, is being held without bail in the Carbon County Jail in Price,
said George Zamantakis, Helper police chief.
The abuse took place from October 2000 through June 2002 and involved three victims, according to court documents. The charges filed in 7th...
-THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
and even more.....
Ex-Helper pastor accused of molesting young boy
PRICE -- The Carbon County Attorney's Office was scheduled to meet Wednesday to review the case of a former Helper pastor accused of molestation.Rene Gomez, former pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy, was arrested June 28 and booked into the Carbon County Jail on $100,000 bail for investigation of rape and sodomy of a child, Helper Police Chief George Zamantakis said.Carbon County Attorney Gene Strate said investigators believe at least two young boys were molested...
Watch Your Kids
They'll let anybody in...
Don't you think they should check a pastor's references when comin from another organization?
Troy Deroy Perry II (born July 27, 1940) founded the Metropolitan Community Church, a Christian denomination with a special affirming ministry with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, in Los Angeles on October 6, 1968.
His fanaticism increasing, Perry dropped out of high school,[4] but was a licensed Baptist preacher by the age of 15 years old.[5] He married a preacher's daughter named Pearl Pinion in 1959, remembering, "I was always interested in pastor's daughters because I thought they would make good preacher's wives. I didn't love her when I married her, but I did love her after our first year."[6] They had two sons and were relocated to Illinois where Perry attended Midwest Bible College and Moody Bible Institute. Perry was the preacher at a small Church of God, and sometimes had sexual relationships with other men, but considered it just youthful exploration. When he was 19 years old, however, church administrators told him one of the men he had been with had told them what they had done. He was forced to leave the church immediately.[7]
They moved to Southern California, pastoring at a Church of God of Prophecy. Perry's wife found his copy of The Homosexual in America by Donald Webster Cory, that he kept hidden under the mattress and their marriage quickly dissolved. After being directed to pray about being led astray by his homosexual feelings, Perry's bishop told him to renounce himself in the pulpit and resign. Perry worked in a Sears department store, and was drafted for the army in 1965 where he served two years in Germany.[
Troy Deroy Perry II (born July 27, 1940) founded the Metropolitan Community Church, a Christian denomination with a special affirming ministry with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, in Los Angeles on October 6, 1968.
His fanaticism increasing, Perry dropped out of high school,[4] but was a licensed Baptist preacher by the age of 15 years old.[5] He married a preacher's daughter named Pearl Pinion in 1959, remembering, "I was always interested in pastor's daughters because I thought they would make good preacher's wives. I didn't love her when I married her, but I did love her after our first year."[6] They had two sons and were relocated to Illinois where Perry attended Midwest Bible College and Moody Bible Institute. Perry was the preacher at a small Church of God, and sometimes had sexual relationships with other men, but considered it just youthful exploration. When he was 19 years old, however, church administrators told him one of the men he had been with had told them what they had done. He was forced to leave the church immediately.[7]
They moved to Southern California, pastoring at a Church of God of Prophecy. Perry's wife found his copy of The Homosexual in America by Donald Webster Cory, that he kept hidden under the mattress and their marriage quickly dissolved. After being directed to pray about being led astray by his homosexual feelings, Perry's bishop told him to renounce himself in the pulpit and resign. Perry worked in a Sears department store, and was drafted for the army in 1965 where he served two years in Germany.[
Monday, May 4, 2009
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Diversion and Environmental Crimes Unit
Underground Storage Tanks: Underground Storage Tanks The contractor is interviewed and confesses to puncturing the tank, but notifies the church pastor of the spill. Church pastor tells the contractor, “cover it up and don’t worry about it.” The church is contacted by GCEH and the pastor states he is obtaining quotes for cleanup. The pastor was interviewed by the SBI and admitted to not having the tank pumped prior to having it removed and telling the contractor to wait and see what happened regarding the release of the fuel oil.
Underground Storage Tanks: Underground Storage Tanks The Church of God of Prophecy was issued an NOV by GCEH for the improper removal of the UST. On February 15, 2007, the contractor was charged with and arrested for one count of Oil Discharge Controls, G. S. 143-215.88 (B) (E) and the pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy was charged with one count of Underground Storage Tank Regulation Violations, G. S. 143-215.94 (X) (B). Both subjects are pending court in Guildford County. To date, the Church of God of Prophecy has spend approximately $14,000 to pay for clean-up of the released fuel.
Other Violations: Other Violations Felony Littering/Dumping Charges Investigation of the operation of un-permitted facilities. Falsification of records required by regulatory agencies. Defrauding of State Funds
Underground Storage Tanks: Underground Storage Tanks The contractor is interviewed and confesses to puncturing the tank, but notifies the church pastor of the spill. Church pastor tells the contractor, “cover it up and don’t worry about it.” The church is contacted by GCEH and the pastor states he is obtaining quotes for cleanup. The pastor was interviewed by the SBI and admitted to not having the tank pumped prior to having it removed and telling the contractor to wait and see what happened regarding the release of the fuel oil.
Underground Storage Tanks: Underground Storage Tanks The Church of God of Prophecy was issued an NOV by GCEH for the improper removal of the UST. On February 15, 2007, the contractor was charged with and arrested for one count of Oil Discharge Controls, G. S. 143-215.88 (B) (E) and the pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy was charged with one count of Underground Storage Tank Regulation Violations, G. S. 143-215.94 (X) (B). Both subjects are pending court in Guildford County. To date, the Church of God of Prophecy has spend approximately $14,000 to pay for clean-up of the released fuel.
Other Violations: Other Violations Felony Littering/Dumping Charges Investigation of the operation of un-permitted facilities. Falsification of records required by regulatory agencies. Defrauding of State Funds
Church camp leader accused of choking teen
BROOKSVILLE-Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Church camp leader accused in choking
A church camp leader faces misdemeanor battery charges in the choking a 15-year-old boy he thought was disrupting his prayer group, authorities say.
Gerald Clarkin Jr., 38, was holding devotions with children in his group at the Church of God of Prophecy camp about 10:40 p.m. Saturday, according to the arrest report. Several children then began playing a prank on the group, sliding stink bombs under the door of Clarkin's room.
Clarkin pushed the door open and grabbed the boy in a headlock, the report said. The boy fell to the floor after becoming light-headed. Clarkin immediately let go of the teen and called for the camp director, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.
The boy was taken to Brooksville Regional Hospital, where emergency staff told deputies that he was stable and would be released. The teen's mother later told deputies that she wanted to press battery charges against Clarkin.
Clarkin was arrested early Sunday morning and taken to the Hernando County Jail. He was released after posting bail of $500 later that morning.
Church camp leader accused in choking
A church camp leader faces misdemeanor battery charges in the choking a 15-year-old boy he thought was disrupting his prayer group, authorities say.
Gerald Clarkin Jr., 38, was holding devotions with children in his group at the Church of God of Prophecy camp about 10:40 p.m. Saturday, according to the arrest report. Several children then began playing a prank on the group, sliding stink bombs under the door of Clarkin's room.
Clarkin pushed the door open and grabbed the boy in a headlock, the report said. The boy fell to the floor after becoming light-headed. Clarkin immediately let go of the teen and called for the camp director, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.
The boy was taken to Brooksville Regional Hospital, where emergency staff told deputies that he was stable and would be released. The teen's mother later told deputies that she wanted to press battery charges against Clarkin.
Clarkin was arrested early Sunday morning and taken to the Hernando County Jail. He was released after posting bail of $500 later that morning.
Pastor Pleads Guilty in Child-Porn Case
February 21, 2008
Pastor Pleads Guilty in Child-Porn Case
DENVER -- The former pastor of Church of God of Prophecy in Pueblo, Elie Quinonez, pleaded guilty Wednesday to having child pornography. His attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender Janine Yunker, told a judge that Quinonez will not seek a sentence of fewer than five years in prison when he is sentenced later. U.S. District Judge Walker Miller told Quinonez, 35, the maximum sentence is 10 years in prison. The judge said under the circumstances of Quinonez's crime that sentencing guidelines recommend a sentence in a range of between 7 years and nine years.
Pastor Pleads Guilty in Child-Porn Case
DENVER -- The former pastor of Church of God of Prophecy in Pueblo, Elie Quinonez, pleaded guilty Wednesday to having child pornography. His attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender Janine Yunker, told a judge that Quinonez will not seek a sentence of fewer than five years in prison when he is sentenced later. U.S. District Judge Walker Miller told Quinonez, 35, the maximum sentence is 10 years in prison. The judge said under the circumstances of Quinonez's crime that sentencing guidelines recommend a sentence in a range of between 7 years and nine years.
A Pedophile Pastor Is Convicted
JAY STREET – A 72-year-old pastor from the Church of God of Prophecy was convicted yesterday of sodomizing and sexually molesting a little girl on numerous occasions.
Dieuvais Surin was convicted on all 22 counts of sexual abuse that he faced. He began with taking the little girl into his van, where he fondled her in 1998. On subsequent occasions, he made her perform oral sex and various other perverted acts on him. These incidents occurred in the pastor’s van and apartment, and in the basement of the church.
Surin often waited outside the little girl’s middle school in Brooklyn, and on eight occasions, he then took her into his van and sodomized her.
The pedophile pastor faces up to 56 years in prison when he is sentenced on July 9 by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Vincent Del Giudice.
Dieuvais Surin was convicted on all 22 counts of sexual abuse that he faced. He began with taking the little girl into his van, where he fondled her in 1998. On subsequent occasions, he made her perform oral sex and various other perverted acts on him. These incidents occurred in the pastor’s van and apartment, and in the basement of the church.
Surin often waited outside the little girl’s middle school in Brooklyn, and on eight occasions, he then took her into his van and sodomized her.
The pedophile pastor faces up to 56 years in prison when he is sentenced on July 9 by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Vincent Del Giudice.
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