Friday, March 28, 2008

Ex-youth pastor gets 4 years

Another youth pastor is on his way to prison.

A former Downers Grove church youth minister was sentenced to 4 years in prison Thursday for sexually assaulting an underage female student.

Edward E. Greene, 38, of Asheboro, N.C., pleaded guilty Thursday in DuPage County Circuit Court to criminal sexual assault while in a position of trust with the girl, who was 13 to 17 years old when she attended Marquette Manor Baptist Church and its school in Downers Grove.

Source: Ex-youth minister in Downers Grove gets 4 years for sexual abuse -- Sexual Assault -- chicagotribune.com

Greene was a Baptist. He used his position to choose his victims. He had no oversight, nobody checked up on him. He was free to molest at will. When will these churches learn?