Former US pastor gets 60 years in prison in child sex case

[Warren Stupidity]

LAS VEGAS — A former Las Vegas-area church pastor has been sentenced to at least 60 years in state prison for sexually assaulting three young girls in his congregation before fleeing to Mexico.

A judge sentenced Otis Holland on Wednesday to 15 life terms. He will serve at least 60 years before becoming eligible for parole.

Holland was known to his United Faith Church congregation as "Reverend Otis" and became a fugitive after he fled to Mexico following his initial arrest in December 2010.

http://www.whio.com/news/national/former-pastor-gets-years-prison-child-sex-case/ebyshmjVHXAemHKlohxCuM/

[rug]

1. Are you attempting a point about religion?

What is it?

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. That a pastor raped children of his congregation, and called them 'whores', like the congregation?

He described his sermons as "a little bit country, a little bit redneck, sympathetic, passionate, caring."

Prosecutors said he met privately with girls under the guise of "counseling" them about sexual issues, and then performed sex acts on them.

Holland told the jury Wednesday that parents approached him with concerns about their children's sexual activity.
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He admitted to talking about sex in the church and calling girls and women "whores" and "sluts." But he said he chose those words because of their "colloquial" use among the congregation.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/animated-pastor-denies-sexual-assault-allegations

[rug]

4. Those are the allegations against this man. What is the attempted point about religion?

I'd ask warren again but he appears to be indisposed.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Well, the allegations against him have been deemed true. The allegations about the congregation

that they routinely, as a group, called girls and women 'whores' and 'sluts' are about not just his religious attitude, but theirs too.

[rug]

8. Which, arguendo, says precisely what about religion?

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. See:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/church
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pastor
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/congregation
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/sermon

If you have more questions, see:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

and if you're still confused:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dictionary

[rug]

10. Here's one for you:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/generalize

and if you're still confused:

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/88/Fallacy-of-Composition

But in reality, we both know it's no more than this:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flamebait

[Warren Stupidity]

2. It will be interesting to see the deflection on this one.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. It doesn't look like it will be anything original or meaningful (nt)

[struggle4progress]

7. .. United Faith Church .. held services in the lobby of a tax service business on Hacienda Avenue ..

Pastor Involved in Sex Assault Case Flees
Published 06/23 2011 02:44PM
Updated 06/23 2011 03:28PM
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/pastor-involved-in-sex-assault-case-flees

... The congregation includes about 80 members and meets in the lobby of Rob's Tax Service in the 2400 block of East Hacienda Avenue in Las Vegas ...
Pastor accused of sexually assaulting girl from congregation
By Jackie Valley
Published Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 | 1:56 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 | 4:08 p.m.
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jan/11/pastor-accused-sexually-assaulting-girl-congregati/

Rob's Tax Service
2425 E Hacienda Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89120
http://www.yellowpages.com/las-vegas-nv/mip/robs-tax-service-481260880

Streetview from Google Maps
https://geo3.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid=3vAO7Wm2kJ7SbUkWxyHjnw&output=thumbnail&cb_client=search.TACTILE.gps&thumb=2&w=408&h=256&yaw=183.16867&pitch=0

[Lordquinton]

11. Just another completely isolated

unrelated to religion thing that surfaces on a weekly basis. Fortunately this guy doesn't have the weight and money of the RCC behind him so he'll face punishment.