Pastor has sex with teens to cure them of homosexuality

[merithyn]

And again, no jail time. Just probation and therapy. I just love the message that's being sent. Oh, and the long-term, four-year relationship that resulted in "mutual contact" 25 - 50 times started when the kid was 14, and went to the youth pastor for help with his homosexual urges to get better.

31 year old Brent Girouex was arrested on 60 counts of suspicion of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist.

The former youth counselor told police he did it to "help with homosexual urges by praying while he had sexual contact with [them]."

He claimed the acts would give his victims "sexual purity."

Making matters even worse, Girouex has four children of his own and now his estranged wife Erin is speaking out against him now.

Girouex admitted having sexual relations with at least four young men but as many as eight have now stepped forward claiming abuse.

The man told cops one of his relationships lasted four years and there was "mutual" contact 25 to 50 times.

The victim is an adult now, he told police the real number was between 50 and 100 times.

Several of the victims told investigators the encounters with the former Council Bluffs, Iowa youth pastor took place at Girouex's house.

Girouex is said to have told detectives "when they would ejaculate, they would be getting rid of the evil thoughts in their mind."

Last week a judge handed down a 17-year prison sentence but promptly suspended it to allow Girouex to get sex offender treatment and probation.

As long as Girouex doesn't violate the terms of his probation, he won't do any jail time.

[Barrister]

That's pretty messed up.

[The Brain]

Detectives don't have evil thoughts.

[crazy canuck]

You need more judges from Alberta

[lustindarkness]

Did the "treatment" work?

[Barrister]

You need more judges from Alberta

You are perhaps unfamiliar with the decision of R v Ewanchuk, where the SCC (and L'Hereux-Dube in particular) crapped all over several Alberta judge fors the decision in a sexual assault case.  In particular, the Court of Appeal justice who commented that the complainant was not dressed "in a bonnet and crinolines" was been repeatedly denounced from coast to coast...

[Habbaku]

Making matters even worse, Girouex has four children of his own and now his estranged wife Erin is speaking out against him now.

This is a very poorly written sentence.  /languishaspergers

[DGuller]

Something about this story doesn't make sense.  How is homosexual sex supposed to cure you of homosexuality?

[Caliga]

A friend of mine used to be an Assistant DA back in the Philly area till he got caught having sex with a teenage boy in his car.  I can't remember if the kid was legally of consenting age or not.

Anyway, people screamed for blood in terms of the punishment when he pled guilty, but the judge sentenced him to house arrest, and then due to the outcry it was revoked and he got thrown in regular jail.

On top of that, he was disbarred and his wife divorced him, so it seemed to me like more than ample punishment as his life is totally wrecked, especially given that the relationship was consensual.

[Ideologue]

A friend of mine used to be an Assistant DA back in the Philly area till he got caught having sex with a teenage boy in his car.  I can't remember if the kid was legally of consenting age or not.

Anyway, people screamed for blood in terms of the punishment when he pled guilty, but the judge sentenced him to house arrest, and then due to the outcry it was revoked and he got thrown in regular jail.

On top of that, he was disbarred and his wife divorced him, so it seemed to me like more than ample punishment as his life is totally wrecked, especially given that the relationship was consensual.

DA in gaol?  I'm sure that was fun.

Poor guy.

[Caliga]

Yeah, this was a few years back and he's out.  Last I heard he's a waiter now.

[Admiral Yi]

If the kid was of age, what would he have pled guilty to?

[Caliga]

If the kid was of age, what would he have pled guilty to?

He gave him drugs or something like that.

[Admiral Yi]

Ah, the Polanski Gambit.

[Malthus]

Something about this story doesn't make sense.  How is homosexual sex supposed to cure you of homosexuality?

Well, if it was with some folks, it would have that effect.