Pastor Arrested on Charges of Chid Molestation

Another Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Moscow

Pastor Arrested on Charges of Chid Molestation

By Joan Opyr, 10-05-06

KREM News has reported that Pastor William Malgren of Moscow's New Hope Baptist Church has been arrested in Latah County on an out-of-state warrant. Malgren is charged with having performed sex acts on a minor child under the age of 16 and continual abuse of a minor. Malgren is alleged to have committed the crimes in the mid-1980s while living in California. Complete details of the case are as yet unknown.

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Comments

By Colonel Bain, 10-05-06

Get a Rope...tie thirteen loops and hang it where all can see!!

By Dale, 10-07-06

Joan,

Right on cue. Good for you. That only took one day this time.

BTW, Child is spelled with an "l" in it.

Dale

By Randy Kauffman, 10-18-06

I knew Pastor Bill for years and being a former Corrections Officer and Police Officer I feel I could totally trust Bill with my kids, in which I have 5 including a 16 year old. He had not showed any form of inappropriate affection toward any of the children he was around, and always cared for his family and friends. Although he may have done something a long time ago that was inappropriate, which is STILL unproven, He does not deserve to go to jail now for something that SUPPPOSEDLY happened 16-23 years ago. The man has a beautiful family, and has proven himself to be a good and Godly man.

By Daryl L. Hunter, 10-28-06

Studies show pedophile recidivism of those who molest young boys, indicates that up to 40 percent re-offend, unacceptable odds. I want bars between Pastor William Malgren and my boys.

Victims of pedophiles sometimes become sexual offenders themselves, Dr. R. Ruard Ganzevoort said in his book “Reconstructions” The sexual violation of boundaries often results in extreme isolation. For some men, alternative ways of expressing their sexual yearning emerge that are easily subjected to condemnation (e.g., homosexuality, bestiality, pedophilia.) Anecdotally, A relative of mine was sexually abused as a teenager by a foster parent and he became a serial womanizer, an effort to draw attention to his masculinity, his wife wasn’t impressed.

If convicted Pastor William Malgren should recieve a 'Jessica's Law' sentence.

By Tom von Alten, 11-03-06

40% recidivism makes you want prison without parole? Interesting sense of justice. "Innocent until proven guilty" lets a lot of people off, I guess you'd want to get rid of that, too?

By Daryl L. Hunter, 11-03-06

Zero tolerance - yes! What Dr. R. Ruard Ganzevoort points out is that offenders cause exponential growth of the population of new offenders because of the mental disturbance perverts spread by their actions. 40% recidivism and its exponential ramifications are unacceptable for the society I want to leave behind for my progeny, what kind of society do you want to leave behind for yours. My sense of justice is for the innocent, not for the guilty!

By samuel, 11-19-06

Dear friend,
please im samuel from ghana and i want you as my friend. please im a christian and in ghana and i want you to teach me how to prech. ok see you

By Big little brother, 2-18-07

Hey Randy Kauffman, you piece of crap, what if your child was molested by him as well, and doesn't admit it until years later out of fear and guilt? Should there be no jail time for him? You're an idiot! He admitted to doing it, so is he still "a good godly man"? I hope he gets his throat slit, and I hope stupid people like you quit breeding.

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