[Vision2020] What is wrong with this picture?

[Paul Rumelhart]

Don't take this as condoning anything this guy may have done, but 
remember that he is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a 
court of law.  If this wasn't the case, then you could accuse anyone of 
anything heinous with little or no evidence and ruin their lives before 
they even have a chance to defend themselves.

That having being said, certain precautions are probably in order.  The 
question here is really are the current precautions being taken enough.  
Not knowing the details, I have little to base my judgement upon.  
Presumably (hopefully) Judge McDermott has a bit more on which to base 
his judgement.

Paul

Art Deco wrote:

> <http://www.spokesmanreview.com/> 	Wednesday, April 4, 2007
>
>
>     Accused youth pastor can keep working at church
>
> Associated Press 
> <http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/bylines.asp?bylinename=Associated%20Press>
> April 4, 2007
>
> POCATELLO, Idaho - A youth pastor charged with sexually abusing a 
> minor may continue to work at the church where the crime allegedly 
> occurred, a judge says.
>
> Joshua J. Robinson, 29, was charged in February with two counts of 
> lewd conduct with a minor and one count of sexually abusing a minor 
> for allegedly abusing a teenage girl starting when she was 15 years old.
>
> Because of the charges, a no-contact order was issued directing 
> Robinson to stay away from the girl. But last month, 6th District 
> Judge Peter McDermott modified the order, allowing Robinson to return 
> to his job as a youth pastor at Gate City Christian Church in 
> Chubbuck. Robinson is still prohibited from contacting people younger 
> than 18.
>
>
> On Monday, Bannock County Deputy Prosecutor Cleve Colson asked the 
> judge to reconsider the change. One of the charges against Robinson 
> allegedly took place at the church, Colson said, and the prosecutor's 
> office is worried that the youth pastor still has access to minors at 
> the church. Robinson also is allegedly still participating in a church 
> Web site that is frequented by the congregation's youth, Colson said.
>
> A phone call to the church's senior pastor, John Robinson, was not 
> immediately returned. John Robinson is Joshua Robinson's father, a 
> church receptionist said.
>
> Joshua Robinson's attorney, Aaron Thompson of Dial, May & Rammell in 
> Pocatello, said the younger Robinson is no longer handling youth 
> ministries at the church and instead is doing administrative duties 
> that don't involve contact with young people.
>
> McDermott said Robinson could continue to work at the church. A trial 
> has been scheduled for June 26.
>
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