This may be Old Testament but it continues to be true! 2Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Parents, WAKE UP!!!!!
This is a follow up story to an earlier one that sadly occurs all too often.
‘MACON, Ga. — A Georgia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to sexually assaulting a girl while a missionary in Uganda.
U.S. District Judge Marc. T. Treadwell sentenced Eric Tuininga, 45, of Milledgeville last week. He was ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution and spend a lifetime on supervised release as a registered sex offender after getting out of prison.
Tuininga previously working as a minister at Immanuel’s Reformed Church in Salem.
Prosecutors have said that an American citizen had contacted the U.S. embassy in Kampala, Uganda, in June 2019 to tell officials that Tuininga was having sex with Ugandan girls as young as 14 who were under the care of the U.S.-based Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Mbale, Uganda.
Tuininga was one of the church’s ministers. Authorities said they found Tuininga had already returned to the United States, but federal agents identified the minor and kept investigating. Tuininga admitted to the conduct, with prosecutors saying he told them that the victim would often visit the church property in Mbale.
The recommended sentence for Tuininga was seven to nine years, The Telegraph of Macon reported. But Treadwell sentenced him to a decade in federal prison after hearing testimony from the victim’s caretaker and some of Tuininga’s family members. Tuininga’s defense attorney had objected to some of the evidence at sentencing and requested a sentence of five years.
“I want to recognize the true bravery displayed by the Ugandan girl for speaking out when she was assaulted by a trusted person of power from another country, courageously seeking justice across continents,” U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary said in a statement. “Law enforcement — both abroad and here at home — took on a challenging international case.”
Mark Bube, general secretary of the denomination’s committee of foreign missions, has said Tuininga’s misconduct was reported by other Orthodox Presbyterian missionaries in Uganda and that he was removed from missionary work in 2019. Bube said Tuininga was later removed entirely from ministry and excommunicated from the church based in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Tuininga joined the church from a separate but affiliated denomination in Oregon. A website chronicling Tuininga’s work in Uganda said he began working there in 2012 after working at Immanuel’s Reformed Church in Salem.’https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-salem-minister-gets-10-173910997.html
‘Records indicate Mason City officials kept RAGBRAI drag show ‘secret,’ minors allowed to attend and unknown if taxpayer dollars went toward it.’
‘The picture is a little bit clearer on the drag show that Mason City hosted as part of its RAGBRAI festivities earlier this summer. A city councilman admitted the drag show wasn’t advertised so as not to bring attention to it, but mysteriously said nobody was trying to hide anything. Minors were allowed to attend. And an event organizer was willing to pay the $750 on her own or find a sponsor if the city wanted her to.
In early August, Mason City Administrator, a person called Aaron Burnett, said the city was proud to be a sponsor and support the “very successful RAGBRAI Mason City overnight.”
He said the city was a “key sponsor” and the overnight was a collaboration of many entities — including the city of Mason City, Visit Mason City and Main Street Mason City.’ https://theiowastandard.com/records-indicate-mason-city-officials-kept-ragbrai-drag-show-secret-minors-allowed-to-attend-and-unknown-if-taxpayer-dollars-went-toward-it-2/
Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
The following report is a disgrace to the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ. ‘A Fort Dodge man argued in Webster County District Court on Monday morning that the $500,000 cash-only bail he was being held on was “punitive” and his attorney advocated for a District Court judge to lower the bond amount.
Jordan Dee Andrew Webb, 29, is charged with second-degree sexual abuse with persons under the age of 12, a Class B felony; incest, a class D felony; and child endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor.
After hearing testimony and arguments from both the state and the defense, District Court Judge Christopher Polking ordered the bond amount lowered to $75,000.
The case was prompted by a Webster County Sheriff’s Office investigation into health concerns involving a juvenile. According to a release from the Webster County Sheriff’s Office, the department was alerted to the concerns on April 8 and the concerns “warranted an emergency removal from the guardian’s custody.”
During the Sheriff’s Office and Webster County Attorney’s Office’s investigation, a search warrant was executed on the residence at 1940 225th St., southwest of Fort Dodge. The property is owned by Harvest Baptist Church and is used for its Harvest Baptist Bible College.
Webb was arrested on April 25 at the Fort Dodge home of Cameron Giovanelli, a registered sex offender. According to testimony from Webster County Attorney’s Office Investigator Larry Hedlund, Webb had also been driving Giovanelli’s car that week.
Assistant Webster County Attorney Bailey Taylor argued that Webb’s “significant” ties to St. Lucia as well as other locations across the United States makes the defendant a flight risk.
According to a now-deleted Facebook page and website for Webb’s “Christ in the Caribbean” missionary work in St. Lucia, Harvest Baptist was the “sending church” for his mission work.
Marvin Smith IV, assistant pastor and missions director at Harvest Baptist Church, submitted a letter in support of Webb for the bond hearing.
“His current living situation is with a great man in our community that is more than willing to help him and if needed keep him accountable,” Smith wrote. “I don’t see any reasons why Jordan would need to be continually held in jail as I don’t see him as a risk to society nor do I see him fleeing the city.”
Smith testified that Webb’s passport is currently expired.
Smith also testified that Webb was not an active missionary for Harvest Baptist Church at the time of his arrest.
“The moral standards that we hold for our missionaries, he did not uphold that moral standard,” Smith said.
Taylor asked if that was because of the allegations against Webb in this case, and Smith said it was because he had cheated on his wife.
In a text message conversation submitted into evidence by the state, Smith wrote to Webb, “I’m gonna need to write a check to you for the lawyer fee. Pastor said it will look better than the church being responsible for extra cost after the $25,000.”
Abigail Webb, wife of the defendant, was asked about an internet search found on her phone that led to a webpage about “how to get a second passport.”
“I assume because we travel a lot, it popped up as an ad,” she said.
She also testified that she doesn’t believe the defendant is a flight risk.
Polking lowered Jordan Webb’s bond amount to $75,000 cash or surety. If Webb bonds out of jail, he will be under pretrial supervision of the Department of Correctional Services. He will have to surrender his passport and wear a GPS monitor. He will also not be allowed to have contact with any person under the age of 18.
Also on Monday, Webb entered a written plea of not guilty to the charges. No trial date has been set.’https://www.messengernews.net/news/local-news/2022/05/judge-lowers-bond-amount-for-webb/
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