I wonder if US Attorneys accept fan mail? Baptist preachers who abuse don't set well with me. My mother was abused by her father from the time she was 8 years old. He was a Baptist minister and the school bus driver. Not well at all.
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x1507926369/Minister-s-arrest-in-child-porn-case-stuns-church
Ministers arrest in child-porn case stuns church
"The minister at first denied downloading any child pornography to the federal agent and police officer who showed up two weeks ago at the door of his home in Duenweg. But Michael A. Crippen, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Duenweg, [MO], soon broke down and admitted to investigators that he had secretly viewed images of adult and child pornography via the Internet for years, according to allegations contained in an affidavit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Springfield.
He allegedly told investigators that he had become addicted to pornography..."
and
"....Were just nonplused, said BM, a former minister and current member of the church. It came as a shock to us and a real surprise.
more at link
I'm nonplused too.
Here's a mug shot of Pastor Crippen:
http://www.koamtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13392178
And:
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mow/news2010/crippen.ind.htm
PASTOR CHARGED WITH ADDITIONAL
CHILD PORN COUNT
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Duenweg, Mo., pastor was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for receiving and possessing child pornography.
Michael Alan Crippen, 51, of Duenweg, was charged in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo. Todays indictment replaces a federal criminal complaint that was filed against Crippen on Oct. 26, 2010.
Crippen, the pastor at First Baptist Church in Duenweg, was originally charged with receiving child pornography. Todays indictment contains an additional charge of possessing child pornography.
According to an affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, Crippen was identified during an investigation by the Dutch National Police into a Web site in The Netherlands that contained child pornography. Europol provided information to federal agents in the United States, who identified Crippens computer as one that downloaded child pornography in August 2009. Law enforcement officers contacted Crippen at his residence on Oct. 13, 2010, and seized his laptop and desktop computers. At least 100 images of child pornography were found on the computers, the affidavit says, including children under 10 years of age.
Phillips cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
This case is being prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. Oliver. It was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force.
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x1507926369/Minister-s-arrest-in-child-porn-case-stuns-church
Ministers arrest in child-porn case stuns church
"The minister at first denied downloading any child pornography to the federal agent and police officer who showed up two weeks ago at the door of his home in Duenweg. But Michael A. Crippen, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Duenweg, [MO], soon broke down and admitted to investigators that he had secretly viewed images of adult and child pornography via the Internet for years, according to allegations contained in an affidavit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Springfield.
He allegedly told investigators that he had become addicted to pornography..."
and
"....Were just nonplused, said BM, a former minister and current member of the church. It came as a shock to us and a real surprise.
more at link
I'm nonplused too.
Here's a mug shot of Pastor Crippen:
http://www.koamtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13392178
And:
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mow/news2010/crippen.ind.htm
PASTOR CHARGED WITH ADDITIONAL
CHILD PORN COUNT
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Duenweg, Mo., pastor was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for receiving and possessing child pornography.
Michael Alan Crippen, 51, of Duenweg, was charged in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo. Todays indictment replaces a federal criminal complaint that was filed against Crippen on Oct. 26, 2010.
Crippen, the pastor at First Baptist Church in Duenweg, was originally charged with receiving child pornography. Todays indictment contains an additional charge of possessing child pornography.
According to an affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, Crippen was identified during an investigation by the Dutch National Police into a Web site in The Netherlands that contained child pornography. Europol provided information to federal agents in the United States, who identified Crippens computer as one that downloaded child pornography in August 2009. Law enforcement officers contacted Crippen at his residence on Oct. 13, 2010, and seized his laptop and desktop computers. At least 100 images of child pornography were found on the computers, the affidavit says, including children under 10 years of age.
Phillips cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
This case is being prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. Oliver. It was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force.
