Heads up on Urband Legend" Procanik/Clinton (False)

[uppityperson]

I found this while checking Snopes and bet it'll make the rounds. Better to be prepared. Basically, the Pastor Procanik who was convicted worked in the Village of Clinton, which has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton other than sharing the name.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/pastor.asp

Is it true that the Clinton's pastor Rev William Procanick was found guilty in Onedia Courty Court for inappropriately touching a 7 year old girl in his home and was sentence to 3 years in prison.

Origins: In February 2008, the Rev. William Procanick, a former pastor in Oneida County, New York, was sentenced to three years in prison on charges related to his "inappropriately touching a 7-year-old girl" at his home in March 2007. Although Procanick maintained he had no sexual contact with the girl (a family friend who sometimes stayed overnight at the
couple's home) and merely rubbed her back and legs as she tried to go to sleep, a jury convicted him on charges of first-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.

In the typical shorthand of news headlines, the Procanick case was typically referred to in New York-area news sources as involving a "former Clinton pastor" or the "former pastor of Clinton church," a reference to the fact that defendant had served as pastor of a church in the central New York village of Clinton (named for George Clinton, the first governor of the state of New York). Many casual readers mistakenly interpreted these headlines as being references to the pastor of a church attended by Senator Hillary Clinton — news oddly reminiscent of the current political controversy involving the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the former pastor of the church attended by Senator Clinton's opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Barack Obama.

However, other than the coincidence of Hillary Clinton's having a surname that is also the name of a village in the state she represents in the U.S. Senate, there is no connection between the Rev. William Procanick (or his former church) and Senator Hillary Clinton (or her family). The former was pastor of the Resurrection Assembly of God Church in Oneida County, while the senator resides in Westchester County and attends various Methodist churches "as often as her schedule allows."

[uppityperson]

1. Either I'm on everyone's ignore list, this is old news, or no one cares.

tiny tear. My venture in GD-P and I'm by myself.

[PBS Poll-435]

2. I never heard that one...

Something tells me it was spread around here like peanut butter, though.

[uppityperson]

3. search didn't show me the name, hence "heads up" because I agree with you.

I'm no fun, trying to stop the bickering, I know. Hey, I'm not on your ignore list? Cool!

[PBS Poll-435]

6. I don't have an ignore list.

I like fighting with everyone! :P

[Adelante]

4. It's good to post these debunkers now and then

Thanks :hi:

[uppityperson]

8. Clinton Pastor convicted of Child Sexual Abuse!!! might get more views though.

You're welcome. Sometimes I get tired of it all.

[PM7nj]

5. A few people posted this a while ago..

it was quickly shot down.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. and it's been reported here repeatedly

there's a contingent of Obama supporters that are unrepentant liars.

[uppityperson]

9. huh, all the threads must've been deleted 'cause found 0 on search. Thanks.

[MonkeyFunk]

10. As they should have been

I know I alerted on at least 5 of them.

Too many liars here.

[uppityperson]

11. Thanks.

I don't want to open up the argument again, but posting the fact it is an urban legend, so may get to have this stay open for public service.

Next, off to figure out wtf a "compassion forum" is.